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v0dKA
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 Posted: 20 Sep 2006 12:08:59 am Post subject: |
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I'm trying to write a little BASIC program on my TI-89. Its purpose is to quiz my memorization of atomic masses (of the elements on the periodic table). I did most of the initialization routine, and I did not even write the actual quiz part of my program yet. However, I'm getting an error when I'm trying to run just what I have so far. I simply get an error on the home screen that says: "Argument must be a variable name".
What does this error mean?
When I press GO TO, it takes me to the line that I highlighted using ////// below:
Code:
atomic()
Prgm
ClrIO
Disp "Initializing elements..."
{1.01,12.01,14.01,16,19}->weights
{"H","C","N","O","F"}->elems
Disp "Mixing order..."
Local tmpelems:elems->tmpelems
Local tmpwts:weights->tmpwts
Local tmplist,tmplist2
Local i,j,k,rnd,dimquiz,dimtemp,qzelems,qzwts:{0}->qzelems:{0}->qzwts
For i,1,dim(elems)
rand(dim(tmpelems))->rnd
dim(qzelems)->dimquiz
tmpelems(rnd)->qzelems(dimquiz+1)
tmpwts(rnd)->qzwts(dimquiz+1) ///////////////////// GO TO brings me to the beginning of this line
{0}->tmplist:{0}->tmplist2
dim(tmpelems)->dimtemp
1->j:1->k
While jœdimtemp
If j=rnd Then
j+1->j
Else
tmpelems(j)->tmplist(k)
tmpwts(j)->tmplist2(k)
EndIf
j+1->j
k+1->k
EndWhile
tmplist->tmpelems
tmplist2->tmpwts
EndFor
Disp tmpelems,tmpwts
EndPrgm
So, what might be the cause of this error? |
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DarkerLine
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Joined: 04 Nov 2003
Posts: 8328
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| Posted: 20 Sep 2006 04:08:56 pm Post subject: |
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You use [] brackets to select elements out of a list, not () parentheses.
Also, the traditional way to mix up the order of the elements is the following:
Code:
Local rlist
seq(rand(),i,1,dim(elems)) -> rlist
SortA rlist, elems, weights
If you have more properties of the elements, just add their corresponding lists to the SortA statement, separated by commas.
Last edited by Guest on 20 Sep 2006 04:52:43 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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v0dKA
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| Posted: 23 Sep 2006 11:40:54 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm sorry I'm responding so late, but thanks for the help. And thanks for that awesome three-line list randomizing code! That was pretty much the only thing my program did so far, except in a hundred lines instead of three! |
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