How is this possible, you ask?
The
has 256 tokens for almost every type of var. It just won't let you access them.
However, I found a program on ticalc that lets you get them.
http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/265/26546.html
I've seen it, but some of ti-programming is working in your bounds.
What's that supposed to mean?
as in the 10 matrices, 27Reals, 10 strings, and the unlimited lists.
calc84maniac wrote:
That is INCORRECT! While you _can_ have 256 variable types theoretically, you can actually only have 2^5th. 3 of the bits are used for TI-OS storage, so the remaining 5 are available. This means you can only have 32 data types, and most of these are taken by the os.
I meant 256 of each type of var, not 256 types of vars.
Like 256 strings, 256 matrices, and 256 pics (like xlib).
I fail to see how 256 == almost unlimited
that is true, you would need to be in at least the thousands (preferebly even way higher, like 2^1000 or something)
Not near unlimited at all. Plus, I don't think anyone will need THAT many strings, matrices, or pics.
Yeah, I just meant more than anyone would ever need.
rivereye wrote:
that is true, you would need to be in at least the thousands (preferebly even way higher, like 2^1000 or something)
Or you could have a program where the number of strings, vars, etc... is only limited to the amount of storage on the calc... that would be "almost unlimited", as the only limit is a hardware one 
My main point is that you can use these for temporary vars without worrying about what you're overwriting.
Indeed. For data that I want to guarantee not to be overwritten, however, I'd usually just go with named lists and try to pick something obscure and unique for the list's name.
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