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Off-topic / TI Basic Help

  1. hoiboy
    Date: Wed, Jan 19 2011 02:20:00

    I'm making a program to calculate my final grade for me (on the Ti-84). Unfortunately, I'm running into some problems with the If/then statements. Does anyone know how to correct this? Thanks! 

    
:ClrHome
:Disp "current grade?"
:Prompt A
:Disp "dream grade?"
:Prompt B
:Disp "final worth?"
:Prompt C
:(100B-100A+CA)/C > D
:If
:D IS>(100)
:Then
:Disp "sucks for you noob"
:Else
:Disp "u need"
:Disp D
:End
    Much help appreciated!

  2. XYZaki
    Date: Wed, Jan 19 2011 04:38:34

    Why don't you spend time studying for your finals instead of trying to write programs that will have a conversation with you. about your final.

  3. hoiboy
    Date: Wed, Jan 19 2011 04:57:27

    Finals aren't for another 5 ish months.

  4. Frip
    Date: Wed, Jan 19 2011 05:12:09

    Use the STO> key

  5. strat1227
    Date: Wed, Jan 19 2011 05:37:05

    dude trust me don't start getting into ti-84 programming ... i know too many kids who got immersed in that but didn't learn any real languages and now they feel stupid that's like more complex to learn than c or python, code it in something real and you get the same results AND actual life skills

  6. Zombo
    Date: Wed, Jan 19 2011 05:49:23

    what?? its def not "more complex" to learn, its only got a few commands and its not object-oriented. in fact it is a lower level programming language that uses GOTO commands lol. High level languages nowadays don't use GOTO cuz they're terrible to break, but learning TI Basic can give you insight in compiler code and Assembly. if you want to learn hardware programming or how compilers work, TI basic is more useful than java or python. what exactly is the problem with your code??

  7. nateiskewl
    Date: Wed, Jan 19 2011 05:53:01

    Zombo wrote: what?? its def not "more complex" to learn, its only got a few commands and its not object-oriented. in fact it is a lower level programming language that uses GOTO commands lol. High level languages nowadays don't use GOTO cuz they're terrible to break, but learning TI Basic can give you insight in compiler code and Assembly. if you want to learn hardware programming or how compilers work, TI basic is more useful than java or python. what exactly is the problem with your code??
    Listen to this real nigga.

  8. strat1227
    Date: Wed, Jan 19 2011 05:57:58

    python is waaaaay more useful than TI coding, i dont' know wtf you're smoking lol c basic and python are both just as easy to learn as TI coding ... only they're actually used for things in real life ... i never thought i'd ever ever ever hear a computer science major defend TI coding over learning something real ... there's absolutely no point or benefit

  9. Zombo
    Date: Wed, Jan 19 2011 06:00:24

    strat1227 wrote: python is waaaaay more useful than TI coding, i dont' know wtf you're smoking lol c basic and python are both just as easy to learn as TI coding ... only they're actually used for things in real life ... i never thought i'd ever ever ever hear a computer science major defend TI coding over learning something real ... there's absolutely no point or benefit
    huh? it depends what you're doing if you're doing hardware programming, java won't help you at all, it abstracts much of the details, in assembly you need to learn how to manually do procedure calls and looping using gotos. TI basic is a little bit higher level than assembly, but its closer than java at least. if ur doing regular programing, then you don't need to care about assembly. i never said ti basic is a good thing to learn, but its better than java or python in certain contexts.

  10. strat1227
    Date: Wed, Jan 19 2011 06:06:05

    lol ok, so your only point is that there are certain (very few and very specific) instances where this might have some tangible benefits over other very specific coding languages (not C basic) my point is that learning C basic is always more beneficial than TI coding our points aren't mutually exclusive so i'm not sure what you're saying

  11. Zombo
    Date: Wed, Jan 19 2011 06:13:27

    well regular basic and TI basic is basically the same thing. hmm C is pretty good but its still not as low level as TI basic I think my prefered path would be Java -> C -> Assembly I think but there's no harm in learning TI basic in class... if laptops are not allowed, its not like you code anything else anyway... i coded in TI basic, it was pretty fun lol, my best program was Whack-a-Mole (its like a simple version of TonTon or whatever its called), I also made a turn-based fighter game where you had to input moves (hadoken = 236A, shoryuken = 623A)

  12. strat1227
    Date: Wed, Jan 19 2011 06:16:13

    C has more upperlevel stuff that you can do, but to write a basic program is just as easy with C as TI is my point meaning if you're going to spend time outside of school learning to code something, why not do it in C, that was all i was trying to say yeah if you spend time in class, whatever that doesn't matter, but people who code NOTHING but TI always regret wasting their time

  13. Zombo
    Date: Wed, Jan 19 2011 06:19:27

    yeah but in C you dont have to use GOTOs, if you want to learn what GOTOs are, BASIC will teach you.

  14. strat1227
    Date: Wed, Jan 19 2011 06:20:32

    lol what a purist

  15. strat1227
    Date: Wed, Jan 19 2011 06:43:25

  16. hoiboy
    Date: Wed, Jan 19 2011 23:42:09

    @Zombo: Something's wrong in the syntax of the If/then/else statements.

  17. Zombo
    Date: Thu, Jan 20 2011 01:12:25

    :If condition :Then :one or more statements :End

  18. hoiboy
    Date: Thu, Jan 20 2011 02:15:43 

    
:If D IS>(100)
:Then
:Disp "sucks for you noob"
:Else
:Disp "u need", D
:End
    like this?

  19. Zombo
    Date: Thu, Jan 20 2011 03:25:35

    just try it?

  20. Mike
    Date: Thu, Jan 20 2011 03:49:35

    Wait, so did Zombo just get owned?

  21. strat1227
    Date: Thu, Jan 20 2011 04:19:12

    lol no we just weren't understanding what the other person was saying

  22. iColor
    Date: Thu, Jan 20 2011 05:38:47

    I'd rather make seperate programs displaying the comments and have the main program call them.

  23. Storm
    Date: Thu, Jan 20 2011 06:31:26

    [CODE]:ClrHome :Input "Current Grade: ", A :Input "Dream Grade: ", B :Input "Final Worth: ", C :((100B-100A+CA)/C) -> D :If D > 100 :Output(7,1,"Too bad!") :Else :Output(7,1,"You will need a:") :Output(8,1,D) :Output(8,5,"Percent...") :Pause :Stop[/CODE] The number of spaces is important for AESTHETICS. Tell me how this works, btw. I haven't "coded" in Ti-Basic since 8th grade. I have an 89 now so I can't test it.

  24. MaSter_MiND_
    Date: Thu, Jan 20 2011 20:42:25

    Lol TI-BASIC was the first programming language that I learned (I have a TI-82 Stats and a Ti-83+). Then I learned z80-Assembler, then I learned C++ then Deplhi (in school) and now I learn php (started learning XHTML and CSS at home then HTML and PHP + MYSQL in school). C++ is my favorite languge. greets MM

  25. hoiboy
    Date: Fri, Jan 21 2011 02:50:50

    Storm wrote: [CODE] :Output(7,1,"Too bad!") :Else :Output(7,1,"You will need a:") :Output(8,1,D) :Output(8,5,"Percent...") :Pause :Stop[/CODE]
    I don't get this part. Explanation please.

  26. nateiskewl
    Date: Fri, Jan 21 2011 21:29:48

    hoiboy wrote: I don't get this part. Explanation please.
    Is this your first time programming?

  27. hoiboy
    Date: Fri, Jan 21 2011 22:35:07

    yup

  28. Storm
    Date: Sat, Jan 22 2011 02:10:01

    The output command's syntax is "output(,,"")." Simple enough.

  29. hoiboy
    Date: Sat, Jan 22 2011 02:15:39

    Nope, doesn't work.

  30. Storm
    Date: Sat, Jan 22 2011 04:23:06

    *shrugs* Dunno. ^_^ ticalc.org has tutorials for you, although this really is a useless language. You. Will. Never. Need. It.