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From: edp@jareth.enet.dec.com (Eric Postpischil (Always mount a scratch monkey.))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: How to use the Solver by program ?
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Date: 24 Jan 91 13:30:31 GMT
References: <1991Jan23.125308.25978@enac.dgac.fr>
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In article <1991Jan23.125308.25978@enac.dgac.fr>, maugis@enac9.enac.dgac.fr
(maugis-IEEACS89) writes:

>I'm trying to use the SOLVE function of the 48 inside a program. 

The programmable operation for the Solver is called ROOT.  The syntax is:

	expression name guess -> root

The expression can be a program or an algebraic.  The guess can be a real number
or a list of one to three real numbers (see manual for more information). 
Example:

	'X^2=4' 'X' 5 ROOT


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