Hello,

I'm doing a few little and simple programs to learn TI Basic, and I've been told that optimization is the key to TI_Basic.

So, here is a simple program I made:

Define LibPub helloname()=
Prgm
:RequestStr "Your name:",name
:RequestStr "Your location: ",location
:RequestStr "Your calculator: ",calculator
:Text "Name:"&name&""
:Text "Location: "&location&""
:Text "Calculator: "&calculator&""
:EndPrgm
Now, how can I optimize it?

I want simple tips like this:

Output(1,1,"Hello World")

Output(1,1,"Hello World
Thanks in advance!

ya, i think he has the nspire.

Optimization's not really important on the Nspire, especially small stuff like that (it's more for the 83+/84+ series), because the Nspire's already so fast. Unless you're making something really complex, and then you'd need to look more at the bigger stuff (like moving things out of loops).

Really? I thought it was the same as the normal TI-84 Plus...

Well like this par example

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Define LibPub helloname()=
Prgm
:RequestStr "Your name:",name
:RequestStr "Your location:",location
:RequestStr "Your calculator:",calculator
:Text "Name: "&name
:Text "Location: "&location
:Text "Calculator: "&calculator
:EndPrgm
Other things I don't see (which doesn't mean allot )

Thanks much!

Btw, is it illegal to distribute the 2.54MP OS (the one used by the Nspire, not the normal 84+ one)?

For texas pressing the button Program will be illegal some day

About that? No idea. Some OSs like 1.1 are illegal yeah

Today, I connect my calculator (NSpire Touchpad with most recent OS) with a friend's calculator: TI NSpire, totally different OS.
I made "Sent OS" and she has Touchpad OS now, no idea it was possible.

If it is the latest one:

www.education.ti.com

If not: PM me.

Optimization's not really important on the Nspire, especially small stuff like that (it's more for the 83+/84+ series), because the Nspire's already so fast. Unless you're making something really complex, and then you'd need to look more at the bigger stuff (like moving things out of loops).

Keep in mind that not optimizing just because the platform is just fast enough is a bad practice if abused, though. On the 84+, I notice several games that runs just fast enough in BASIC but the same games were made on the 83+ years ago and ran 2x faster, because people spent more time optimizing. If a platform is faster, you don't have to worry as much about optimizing, but you must not get bad habits of just writing unoptimized code.