We will be learning about the basics and how to create a 'Hello World' then Pause program.
Starting Out[]
Creating the program[]
Click the PRGM key then use the right arrow until NEW is highlighted. Press ENTER and you should get a screen like this:
PROGRAM NAME=
Go ahead and enter any name you want. HELLO would work well. Name must be only A-Z and numbers.
Now for the commands[]
Let's go ahead and put in some commands. We will make a simple Hello World program. Let's press PRGM then press the right arrow once then scroll down to Disp and press ENTER. You should get this:
PROGRAM:HELLO :Disp
Go ahead and put a quote (above + key). Then put your HELLO WORLD message and finish it off with a quote. Then just press ENTER to start a new line. Press PRGM then scroll down to 8:Pause and press ENTER.
You should now have something like this:
PROGRAM:HELLO :Disp "HELLO WORLD" :Pause
Explanation[]
PROGRAM:HELLO <-- Title :Disp"HELLO WORLD" <-- Displays "HELLO WORLD" to the user :Pause <-- Pauses the program until the user presses enter
Result[]
It Will Display this:
HELLO WORLD
Then it will pause on that, disabling all the buttons except ON and ENTER. When the user presses ENTER the program will finish.
Conclusion[]
Way to go, you made your first program!