You
willsee that all of the
application
programs
provided
in part 4
include
CHKSUM
values
with
each
labeled
routine
so that
you
can
verify
the
accuracy
of the
program
entry.
Nonprogrammable
Functions
The
following
functions
of the
HP-32S
are not
programmable:
•(CLEAR]
{PGM}
»GTO-inn
Bl
clear
I{ALL} HrGTolR
label
nn
(5
BfMEMl
H/
IB
Hi show i
PRGM
Polynomial
Expressions
and
Horner's
Method
Some expressions, such as polynomials, use the same variable several
times for their solution. For
example,
the expression
f(x)
=
Ax4
+
Bx3
+
Cx2
+ Dx + E
uses the variable x four different times. A program to solve such an
equation could repeatedly recall a stored copy of x from a variable. A
shorter programming method, however, would be to use a stack
which has been filled with the constant (see"Filling the StackWith a
Constant," on page 39 in chapter 2).
Horner's Method is a useful means of rearranging polynomialexpres
sions to cut calculation steps and calculation time. It is especially
expedient with
SOLVE
and /FN, two relatively complex operations
that
use
subroutines.
S:
Simple
Programming
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