variable labels?

Re: variable labels?

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:27:41 +0000

TI-Connect (download here) doesn't let you create or convert programs, it just lets you transfer programs to and from the calculator. The program you need to modify/create/convert programs is TI-Graph Link (download here).

Cheers ~ James Kanjo

Re: variable labels?

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:29:03 +0000

First you have to find and download it… it's somewhere on TI's site.

It's pretty self-explanatory once you have it, though.

Re: variable labels?

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:19:01 +0000

How do you create/convert prgms with ti connect?

Re: variable labels?

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:01:30 +0000

I know this is nitpicking, but you don't need to store the string to a variable or use a list for the positions in your second example. This one-liner suffices:

:Disp sub("AAAABBBBCCCCDDDD",4randInt(1,4)-3,4

That example is useful, though, because it shows the other way to approach putting the fortunes in a string. You can make all of the fortunes the same length by padding them with spaces, and then it's a constant length and starting position. Here is an example using different animal types:

// NOTE: Spacing goes 3 spaces, 2 spaces, and 1 space :Disp sub("DOG FISH MOUSE RABBIT",6randInt(1,4)-5,6

While this approach works quite nice for a few fortunes, I'm not really sure how effective it would be with forty fortunes, and that's why I suggested using a list with all of the starting positions and fortune lengths. Then you can just access the appropriate list position like Socks was doing in his second example.

Re: variable labels?

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:29:11 +0000

For a simple example,

"HELLOWORLD"→Str1 sub(Str1,1,5)+", "+sub(Str1,6,5→Str1 //a comma and a space Output(1,1,Str1

What Burr suggested is done as follows:

"AAAABBBBCCCCDDDD→Str1 {1,5,9,13→L₁ RandInt(1,4 Disp sub(Str1,L₁(Ans),4

Re: variable labels?

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:29:01 +0000

how do I do that? I can't figure out how to write programs. Btw, thanks for the response.

Re: variable labels?

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:02:56 +0000

One optimization you might want to consider is placing all of the fortunes in a string, along with storing the starting positions and fortune lengths in a list, and then just accessing the appropriate one using the sub( command.

Re: variable labels?

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:22:06 +0000

Yea the Lbl wont accept that, sucks but its true, If's are probably the simplest way to go.

Re: variable labels?

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:20:23 +0000

A limitation which can't be avoided, I'm afraid.

Do you have a computer-calculator cord? If yes, then use the TI-Connect application (on the downloads section of this site) and drag the programs from the calculator to a folder on the computer. They are automatically turned into 8xp files.

But if you mean completely on the computer, use the TI-Graph Link software (also available for download) to write your programs, click "Save As…" and change the export format to .8xp.

Cheers ~ James Kanjo

variable labels?

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:09:31 +0000

I was making a magic 8 ball game, with a randint feature, and I want to know if there's any way to redirect to label x

heres my current code:
randint(1,40
If Ans=1
Disp"somethingsomething
If Ans=2
Disp"something
so on till
If Ans=40

I could save space if I could enter something like this:

randint(1,40
Goto Lbl(Ans
Lbl 1
whatever
Lbl 2

Any thoughts?

btw…
how do I create 8xp files on the computer?