Sharp EL9900C EL-9900C - Page 217

Chapter 13: Programming Features 5. Programming commands • Print, Input, Wait, Rem, End and other commands can be used in a program. Screen settings, data input/output, graph settings and others can be controlled from a program. • Press P in the program edit mode to input the command. A PRGM menu P A 1 Print Print variable Print "character strings ["] Displays the value of the variable on the screen. The display format may vary according to the SET UP menu settings. Character strings displayed by the print command will break at the edge of the screen. 2 " command " strings Characters enclosed by double-quote marks are considered to be strings. The closing double-quote can be omitted when it would appear at the end of a line. 3 Input Input ["prompt strings",] variable Enables the user to input a value (list, etc.) for the specified variable during execution. A message "variable = ?" or "prompt strings?" will appear on the screen while the calculator waits for data input. Prompt strings include alphabetical words, numbers, and other character strings that can be entered by keys and menus. 207