Printing to stack for free42/plus42

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(11-06-2023 02:23 PM)Eddie W. Shore Wrote:  On the HP 42S family, the stack can only hold alpha strings up to six characters. ASTO stores the first six characters of the alpha string to the stack or a variable.

We could be looking at, something like:

Z: "60°/.="
T: 60% of the number
Y: "70°/.="
X: 70% of the number
(pause... do the next pair of calculations)

There is no % character in alpha, so I have to construct it in three characters.

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Here is a program that uses the print-out feature which can print out multiple answers with labels. (but not to the stack itself)

QUANTITY?
180 ***
60°/.= 108.16218
70°/.= 126.16218
80°/.= 144.16218
90°/.= 162.16218

Code:

00 { 59-Byte Prgm }
01▸LBL "PER"
02 PRON              # turns the printer ON, PRINTER menu, 3rd row, labeled PON
03 60.09010        # I'm going from 60% to 90% in increments of 10%
04 STO 01
05 "QUANTITY?"
06 PRA                # PRA:  print the Alpha Stack
07 PROMPT
08 STO 02
09 PRX                   # PRX:  print the X stack
10▸LBL 01
11 CLA
12 RCL 01
13 IP
14 ARCL ST X
15 ├"°/.= "
16 RCL 02
17 RCL 01
18 %
19 ARCL ST X
20 AVIEW                    # when printer is on AVIEW prints to the print-out
21 PSE
22 ISG 01
23 GTO 01
24 .END.

Sample print out:

Code:

QUANTITY?
              180    ***
60°/.= 108.16218
70°/.= 126.16218
80°/.= 144.16218
90°/.= 162.16218

Hope this helps.

Hi Eddie,
Yes this is very close to what i need. In my case my printer is always on because i want to keep a log of all my calculations, so this would work quite well.

Thanks you very much