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Programming Speed
« on: May 30, 2010, 06:23:02 pm »
So after programing on-calc for a while, do you guys notice you can type on it as fast or faster than on a phone or other keyboard?  My friends keep telling me its unnerving how fast i can type on my calculator ;D Wondering how other people compared.  I was able to type this program up in exactly a minute:

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1->X
1->Z
1->A
"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ->Str1

Repeat K=105

Output(Z,X,sub(Str,A,1

Repeat Ans
getKey->K
End

Output(Z,X,"

X+(X!=16)(K=26)-(X!=1)(K=24->X
Z+(Z!=8)(K=34)-(Z!=1)(K=25->Z
A+1-26(A=26->A

End
« Last Edit: June 02, 2010, 01:38:45 am by Builderboy »

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Re: Programming Speed
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2010, 09:38:16 pm »
Yeah i used to get that when using my calc. Once you've memorised where everything is you can fly through the menus/keyboard.
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Re: Programming Speed
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2010, 09:40:55 pm »
That's why I couldn't really get into programming for TI-89, because first of all I wasn't used to the keys, and secondly the menus respond so slowly that speed-typing could very well be impossible.
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Re: Programming Speed
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2010, 09:41:19 pm »
Yea, I can type super fast on my calc. too. I have many of the menu item numbers in muscle memory as well. =)

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Re: Programming Speed
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2010, 11:19:24 pm »
It's possible to program an entire Axe RPG in 5 minutes. You just need to use slowdowns and savestates.

J/k I used to type faster on calc than the computer. However now I would say both my typing speeds are even

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Re: Programming Speed
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2010, 11:59:14 pm »
Heh, thats cool to hear :) Its neat to know how 1337 we all are  8)

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Re: Programming Speed
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2010, 12:03:37 am »
Heh, thats cool to hear :) Its neat to know how <s>1337</s> NERDY we all are  8)
Hai, i fixed your above post :P

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Re: Programming Speed
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2010, 12:09:05 am »
Lol the first step to not being nerdy is to deny that you are nerdy :P

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Re: Programming Speed
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2010, 12:12:17 am »
I think my calc typing speed is prbly what allowed me to finish ROL2 so fast. I can't imagine how fast I would've finished the old Illusiats from Summer 2002 if I typed that fast back then x.x
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Re: Programming Speed
« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2010, 03:30:02 am »
I still need to memorize the numbers to access certain lists commands.
But I write as fast as I do in a computer or cellphone.
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Re: Programming Speed
« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2010, 11:13:23 am »
It's possible to program an entire Axe RPG in 5 minutes. You just need to use slowdowns and savestates.

J/k I used to type faster on calc than the computer. However now I would say both my typing speeds are even

16. You type on your TI calculator faster than on the computer.

http://www.unitedti.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=1326

If there were TI-83 keying lessons.




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Re: Programming Speed
« Reply #11 on: May 31, 2010, 11:48:07 am »
Ah, I remember seeing that post on UTI. Some of those are pretty funny. ^^.

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Re: Programming Speed
« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2010, 12:57:53 pm »
WOW! That sure brought back some old memories. I remember posting there I swear. Those were funny threads. I also remember a topic called "How to annoy people at UTI" and when they had a Randomness sub-forum. Finally they deleted it, though :(

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Re: Programming Speed
« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2010, 01:22:14 pm »
I can type pretty fast on calc.  I think you get there faster if you use some of the commands more.  For example, I can get to binomcdf( a lot faster than I can get to LinReg(ax+b). ;D

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Re: Programming Speed
« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2010, 05:46:53 pm »
speed-typing! I only know the more common ones (I think, the others might be known unconsciously :P).
For better or for worse, I find myself saying menu key followed by the correct number-letter rather than the menu name followed by the command name. (second-math-right-4 rather than test-xor or second-test-logic-xor)
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