HP 30b HP 30b Business Professional Quick Start Guide - Page 17

Memory and the Memory Menu, Storing and Recalling Numbers, Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) Mode, Mem 1-9 - cash flow

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Memory and the Memory Menu The Memory menu contains the following items: memories 1-9 (Mem 1-9) and 0 (Mem 0), Cash Flow, Statistics (Stats), and Memory. To enter the menu, press :t. Press < or > repeatedly to scroll through the items starting with memory 1 (Mem 1). The Cash Flow and Statistics menus share the same memory and are limited to a combined total of 50 memory slots. The number displayed with Memory refers to the number of remaining memory slots. When the cash flow or statistics items are displayed, a number also appears on the bottom line. This number indicates the number of memory slots used by the menu. Pressing I with this number displayed resets the memory of the dis- played menu item and erases all entered data. Since entering data in these menus can represent a significant amount of work, you will be asked to con- firm your choice. At the Del.Data? or Del.CF? prompts, press I to confirm, or O to cancel. Storing and Recalling Numbers To store a number in the display, press :$, followed by the number of the memory in which you wish to store that number, (1-9, or 0). To recall the number later on, press L followed by the memory number. When a memory item is displayed, you can key in a new number and modify the value of the memory by pressing I. Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) Mode The following information is a brief overview of how RPN works. In RPN mode, numbers are entered first, separated by pressing I, followed Getting Started 11

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Getting Started
11
Memory and the Memory Menu
The Memory menu contains the following items: memories 1–9 (
Mem 1–9
)
and 0 (
Mem 0
),
Cash Flow
, Statistics (
Stats
), and
Memory
. To enter the menu,
press
:t
. Press
<
or
>
repeatedly to scroll through the
items starting with memory 1 (
Mem 1
).
The Cash Flow and Statistics menus share the same memory and are limited
to a combined total of 50 memory slots. The number displayed with
Memory
refers to the number of remaining memory slots. When the cash flow or
statistics items are displayed, a number also appears on the bottom line. This
number indicates the number of memory slots used by the menu.
Pressing
I
with this number displayed resets the memory of the dis-
played menu item and erases all entered data. Since entering data in these
menus can represent a significant amount of work, you will be asked to con-
firm your choice. At the
Del.Data?
or
Del.CF?
prompts, press
I
to
con-
firm, or
O
to cancel.
Storing and Recalling Numbers
To store a number in the display, press
:$
, followed by the number of
the memory in which you wish to store that number, (1-9, or 0). To recall the
number later on, press
L
followed by the memory number. When a memory
item is displayed, you can key in a new number and modify the value of the
memory by pressing
I
.
Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) Mode
The following information is a brief overview of how RPN works. In RPN
mode, numbers are entered first, separated by pressing
I
, followed