Reference Guide

1-38 RPL Programming
Example: If you execute this program segment
« "ABC?" PROMPT »
the display looks like this:
Example: The following program, TPROMPT, prompts you for the dimensions of a torus, then calls program
TORSA (from page 1-29) to calculate its surface area. You don’t have to enter data on the stack prior to program
execution.
Program: Comments:
«
"ENTER a, b IN ORDER:"
Puts the prompting string on the
stack.
PROMPT
Displays the string in the status
area, halts program execution, and
returns calculator control to the
keyboard.
TORSA
Executes TORSA using the just-
entered stack arguments.
»
`O TPROMPT ‰
Stores the program in TPROMPT.
Execute TPROMPT to calculate the volume of a torus with inner radius a = 8 and outer radius b = 10. Execute
TPROMPT. The program prompts you for data.
@· J %TPROM%
Enter the inner and outer radii. After you press ` , the prompt message is cleared from the status area.
8 `10