Casio FX-9750G User manual

Programming

19-1 Before Programming

19-2 Programming Examples

19-3 Debugging a Program

19-4 Calculating the Number of Bytes Used by a Program

19-5 Secret Function

19-6 Searching for a File

19-7 Searching for Data Inside a Program

19-8 Editing File Names and Program Contents

19-9 Deleting a Program

19-10 Useful Program Commands

19-11 Command Reference

19-12 Text Display

19-13 Using Calculator Functions in Programs

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19-1 Before Programming

The programming function helps to make complex, often-repeated calculations quick

and easy. Commands and calculations are executed sequentially, just like the manual

calculation multistatements. Multiple programs can be stored under file names for

easy recall and editing.

Select the PRGM icon in the Main Menu and enter the PRGM Mode. When you do,

a program list appears on the display.

Selected memory area

(use

and

to move)

1(EXE) ....... Execute program

2(EDIT) ...... Program edit

3(NEW) ...... New program

4(DEL) ....... Specific program delete

5(DEL•A).... Delete all

6(g) ........... Next menu

6(g)

1(SRC)....... File name search

2(REN)....... File name change

6(g) ........... Previous menu

• If there are not programs stored in memory when you enter the PRGM Mode, the

message “No Programs” appears on the display and only the NEW item (3) is

shown in the function menu.

File Name

Program

File Name

Program

File Name

Program

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19-2 Programming Examples

Example 1 To calculate the surface area and volume of three regular

octahedrons of the dimensions shown in the table below

Store the calculation formula under the file name OCTA.

Length of One Side (A) Surface Area (S) Volume (V)

7 cm cm2cm3

10 cm cm2cm3

15 cm cm2cm3

The following are the formulas used for calculating surface area S and volume V of a

regular octahedron for which the length of one side is known.

S = 2 3 A2, V = –––– A3

When inputting a new formula, you first register the file name and then input the

actual program.

uTo register a file name

Example To register the file name OCTA

• Note that a file name can be up to eight characters long.

1. While the program list is on the display, press 3(NEW).

3(NEW)

1(RUN)....... For input of general calculation programs

2(BASE)..... For input of programs containing number base specifications

5(Q) .......... Password registration

6(SYBL) ..... Symbol menu

2. Input the name of the file.

OCTA

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• The cursor changes form to indicate alpha character input.

• The following are the characters you can use in a file name:

Athrough Z, r,

, spaces, [, ], {, }, ’, ”, ~, 0 through 9, ., +, –, ×, ÷

• Note, however, that vand .cannot be input for the name of a program that

contains binary, octal, decimal, or hexadecimal calculations.

• Use 1(RUN) to input a program for general calculations (a program to be ex-

ecuted in the COMPMode). For programs that involve number system specifica-

tions, use 2(BASE). Note that programs input after pressing 2(BASE) are

indicated by Bto the right of the file name.

• Pressing 6(SYBL) displays a menu of symbols that can be input.

6(SYBL)

• You can delete a character while inputting a file name by moving the cursor to the

character you want to delete and pressing D.

3. Press wto register the file name and change to the program input screen.

• Registering a file name uses 17 bytes of memory.

• The file name input screen remains on the display if you presswwithout input-

ting a file name.

• To exit the file name input screen and return to the program list without register-

ing a file name, press J.

• When you register the name of a program that contains binary, octal, decimal, or

hexadecimal calculations, the indicator Bis appended to the right of the file

name.

uTo input a program

Use the program input screen to input the contents of a program.

1(TOP) ....... Top of program

2(BTM)....... Bottom of program

3(SRC)....... Search

4(MENU).... Mode menu

6(SYBL) ..... Symbol menu

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uTo change modes in a program

• Pressing 4(MENU) while the program input screen is on the display causes a

mode change menu to appear.You can use this menu to input mode changes into

your programs. For details on each of these modes, see “To select an icon”, as

well as the sections of this manual that describe what you can do in each mode.

4(MENU)

6(g)

• The following menu appears whenever you press 4(MENU) while inputting a

program that involves number base specifications.

4(MENU)

• Pressing 6(SYBL) displays a menu of symbols that can be input into a pro-

gram.

6(SYBL)

• Pressing !Zdisplays a menu of commands that can be used to change set

up screen settings inside a program. For details on each of these commands,

see “To change a mode set up”.

6(g)

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The following function key menu appears if you press !Z while inputting a

program that contains binary, octal, decimal, or hexadecimal calculation.

Actual program contents are identical to manual calculations. The following shows

how the calculation of the surface area and volume of a regular octahedron would be

calculated using a manual calculation.

Surface Area S .. c*!9d* <value ofA> xw

Volume V ........... !9c/d* <value of A> Mdw

You could also perform this calculation by assigning the value for the length of one

side to variableA.

Length of One Side A

............ <value of A> aaAw

Surface Area S .. c*!9d*aAxw

Volume V ........... !9c/d*aAMdw

If you simply input the manual calculations shown above however, the calculator

would execute them from beginning to end, without stopping. The following com-

mands make it possible to interrupt a calculation for input of values and display of

intermediate results.

?:This command pauses program execution and displays a question mark as a

prompt for input of a value to assign to a variable. The syntax for this command

is: ? →<variable name>.

^:This command pauses program execution and displays the last calculation re-

sult obtained or text. It is similar to pressing win a manual calculation.

• For full details on using these and other commands, see “Useful Program Com-

mands”.

The following shows examples of how to actually use the ? and ^commands.

!W4(?)aaA6(g)5(:)

c*!9d*aAx

6(g)5(^)

!9c/d*aAMd

!Q or JJ

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uTo run a program

1. While the program list is on the display, use fand cto highlight the name of

the program you want to run.

2. Press 1(EXE) or wto run the program.

Let’s try running the program we input above.

Length of One Side (A) Surface Area (S) Volume (V)

7 cm 169.7409791 cm

161.6917506 cm

10 cm 346.4101615 cm

471.4045208 cm

15 cm 779.4228634 cm

1590.990258 cm

1(EXE) or w

(Value of A)

Intermediate result produced by

baw

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• Pressing wwhile the program’s final result is on the display re-executes the

program.

• You can also run a program while in the RUN Mode by inputting:

Prog ”<file name>” w.

• An error (Go ERROR) occurs if the program specified by Prog ”<file name>”

cannot be found.

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19-3 Debugging a Program

A problem in a program that keeps the program from running correctly is called a

“bug,” and the process of eliminating such problems is called “debugging.” Either of

the following symptoms indicates that your program contains bugs and that debug-

ging is required.

• Error messages appearing when the program is run

• Results that are not within your expectations

uTo eliminate bugs that cause error messages

An error message, like the one shown below, appears whenever something illegal

occurs during program execution.

When such a message appears, press dor eto display the location where the

error was generated, along with the cursor. Check the “Error Message Table” for

steps you should take to correct the situation.

• Note that pressing dor ewill not display the location of the error if the pro-

gram is password protected.

uTo eliminate bugs that cause bad results

If your program produces results that are not what you normally expect, check the

contents of the program and make necessary changes. See “Editing File Names

and Program Contents” for details on how to change program contents.

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19-4 Calculating the Number of Bytes Used by a

Program

This unit comes with 26 kbytes of memory. A byte is a unit of memory that can be

used for storage of data.

There are two types of commands: 1-byte commands and 2-byte commands.

• Examples of 1-byte commands: sin, cos, tan, log, (, ),A, B, C, 1, 2, etc.

• Examples of 2-byte commands: Lbl 1, Goto 2, etc.

While the cursor is located inside of a program, each press of dor ecauses the

cursor to move one byte.

• You can check how much memory has been used and how much remains at any

time by selecting the MEM icon in the Main Menu and entering the MEM Mode.

See “Memory Status (MEM)” for details.

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