Texas Instruments TI-86 - Comparing an Attached List with a Regular List; Using the List Editor to Attach a Formula

Chapter 11: Lists
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Comparing an Attached List with a Regular List
To see the differences between an attached list and a regular list, follow these steps. The
example below builds on the example above for attaching a formula to a list. Notice that the
formula in step 1 below is not attached to
LX
because it is not set off by quotation marks.

Generate a regular list by storing the
expression
L1+10
to the list name
LX
.
1
ã
L
ä 1
\
10
X
ã
L
ä ã
X
ä
b

Change the second element in
L1
to
L
8
and
display the edited list.
a
8
X
ã
L
ä
1
1
D
2
E
-  1
ã
L
ä 1
b

Compare the elements of the regular list
LX
with
ADD10
, to which the formula
L1+10
is
attached. Notice that element 2 of
LX
is
unchanged. Meanwhile, element 2 of
ADD10
has been recalculated, since element 2 of
L1
has been edited.
- ” (
' b )
b
Using the List Editor to Attach a Formula

Display the list editor.

Highlight the list name to which you want to
attach the formula.

Enter the formula in quotation marks.
- ” )
$ "
)
4
M ( '
- )
If other list names are stored
on the
LIST NAMES
menu,
pressing
&
and
(
may not
paste
ADD10
and
LX
to the
home screen as shown.
In the example, only fStat,
xStat
, and
yStat
are on the
LIST NAMES
menu and
xStat={
L
2,9,6,1,
L
7}
.
The attached formula must
be set off by quotation marks.