Getting Started 5
Undo key
The operation of the Undo key depends on the calculator con-
text, but it serves mainly to recover from the deletion of an entry,
rather than to undo any arbitrary operation. Press z:
immediately after using a or to recover:
• an entry you deleted, as a digit in an expression.
• an equation deleted while in equation mode.
• a program line deleted while in program mode.
Table 1 Backspace and Clear Operations
Key Description
a
Backspace and Clear. If an expression is in the
process of being entered, pressing
a erases the
character to the left of the entry cursor ( _ ).
Otherwise, with a completed expression or the result
of a calculation in line 2,
~ replaces that result with
a zero.
~ also clears error messages and exits
menus.
Clear or Cancel. This key (also the ON key) clears the
displayed number to zero or cancels the current
context (menu, message, prompt, or Equation– or
Program–entry).
{b
Clear. The Clear menu has options for clearing the
number in the X-register, all direct variables, all
memory, etc.