Re: Strings and Variables

Subject: Re: Strings and Variables
From: Dave Wollenberg <dave_w@NEXXUS.NOVASYS.COM>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 16:49:30 -0400
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.961014154513.13127A-100000@freenet.buffalo.edu>

Well, the 83 has strings, but since you're using an 82, you'll have to use
the Yn variables (surrounded by " "'s, it will keep it like a string,
although there is no way to check through it to see if a certain letter is
in there.


On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, Chris Maj wrote:


> TI-fans--
>
> I am working on a Hangman program that needs another user to input a word
> to be guessed.  This is designed for one calculator, you just hand it to
> a friend to get your guessing word.  I made a two calculator chat program
> that relied on getkey to store into a list, but it would be much simpler
> if I could put character strings right into a variable, such as Yn, Un,
> Vn, etc.  The manual for my TI-82 seems to imply that this is possible,
> but that the string will be interpreted as a bunch of variables, and then
> operated on appropriately when called.  For example, "WORD", when
> displayed, would evaluate to W*O*R*D.  I really would hate to make a
> whole separate getkey subroutine (or program) just for Hangman.  Any
> thoughts?  Is there a way to store strings into variables, then use them
> in individual letter testing/displaying without evaluating the expression?
>
> Thanks in advance
> --Chris
>
>
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