Re: TIB: Re: lots of help needed
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Re: TIB: Re: lots of help needed
Jeremy Mullins schrieb:
>
> There is already a very nice program out that does this called "Triangle"
>
> J
>
Well, it's really not nice enough, look at the input and output!
A.K.
> >Ok you BASIC junkies. I need some help.
> >
> >I have a TI-85.
> >
> >I'm trying to write a program that will find all the unknowns of a triangle
> >if given all known data. I know, there are programs already out there like
> >that, but i want to write one myself.
> >
> >What i want it to do is...have the person enter everything he/she knows.
> >So, i'm going to prompt the user for:
> >
> >A=?
> >B=?
> >C=?
> >a=?
> >b=?
> >c=?
> >
> >In case you don't know, the capital letters are for angles and the lower
> >case letters are for sides.
> >Suppose i have enough data to determine that the triangle is SAS (side,
> >angle, side).
> >I'd have to skip
> >
> >B=?
> >C=?
> >a=?
> >
> >in order to make it SAS.
> >Well, i can't skip it just by pressing enter. I have to enter something
> >numeric. Is there anyway to just bypass that? You know, just skip it by
> >pressing something, without enter data.
> >
> >If there is no way then..
> >The other problem is, if i enter 0 (the number) how would i get the
> >calculator to recognize that it means nothing. Mainly, how would i get the
> >calculator to recognize everything, but "0's."
> >
> >I want the calculator to recognize that it's SAS by the data given and know
> >that "0's" in the prompt are nothing. That is pretty much my main
> question.
> >
> >My friend is writing one that you tell the calculator which kind of
> >triangle it is, but i want the calculator to recognize it by itself. I
> >just wanted to show him up. =)
> >
> >How would i code that?
> >
> >Well, hope you can help. Thanks a bunch. I know this is sort of long,
> sorry!
> >
> >Alex
> >
> >Visit my homepage at:
> >http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/coding/190/index.html
> >
> >Or email me at:
> >kimo@iland.net
> >
>
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