Re: TOUGH 82 problems. GOOD programmers click here...
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Re: TOUGH 82 problems. GOOD programmers click here...
CalFolds wrote:
>
> 1) String input without quotes. You all know you can store strings to the
> function variables (Y=, Un, etc...), but you have to put quotes around the
> string. This is a major problem with user-friendliness, and we'd like to
> get around it if we could. Does anyone know how to do this (No ASM, this
> is for the ROM, no shells this time...)?
>
> you can't, I know you can put strings in thoughs functions but how do you
> display them again once they are there?
>
> 2) Executing external programs. You can EASILY execute another program
> from within a program, but the problem is that you have to write the
> program name directly into the code. Is there a way to either a) have the
> calculator determine and make available all of the programs in it's RAM; or
> b) write a self-modifying program or one that modifies another program's
> code? Again, no ASM, save that for the PC. Part of the fun of this is the
> challenge of doing this stuff in TI-Basic...
>
> You can't do that either, Lots of programers have tried. I have writein
> programs that run a script, from a matrics, that self modify, but that will not
> work they way you want,do you have string variables? look in the vars button and try to find
string?
if you do try typing this
:input "whatever if you can do this",str1
you should be able to type and it will save it as a string
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