Re: TIB: Storing text on the 86
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Re: TIB: Storing text on the 86
---"Douglas S. Oliver" <dsoliver@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> Hi, I've been reading with interest the discussions about
> creating phone books, etc. for the TI calcs and have been trying
> to figure out how and where text strings would be saved on the
> 86. I have been unable to save text to a list. I have tried
> saving my name for example to a variable (that works) and then
> saving the variable to a list (enhh (buzzer sound), try again).
> I've tried to write a word directly into a list, no go. If text
> doesn't go into a list, then where?
> I don't need a whole program, per se, just a simple segment
> to play around with. Then again, maybe that simple segment must
> be a short program. I've tried to find answers in the manual but
> got nowhere. Am I just making a simple mistake or simply making
> wrong assumptions about what can and cannot be done? Is there a
> faq page that will explain my specific questions? (Your
> answering "yes" to this last question ain't gonna work. I need
> to know specifically where it is and what to search for. Every
> time I look for faq pages, I get a lot of irrelevant info, mostly
> because I am defining my search wrong, I suspect.) Thanks for
> your help--D
>
> --
>
> Douglas S. Oliver
> Department of Anthropology
> University of California
> Riverside, CA 92521
> e-mail: douglaso@citrus.ucr.edu
> or: dsoliver@earthlink.net
>
>
>
Hate to tell you somethin', but you cannot turn strings into lists.
==
Garth Johnson
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