I am trying to create a program that simplifies radicals in TI-BASIC. However, one FOR loop seems to be only completing one iteration while the rest work fine. Here is the code:
Input "Root=",A
Input "Radical=",B
B→Z
ClrList L₃
prgmPRMNTOL1
prgmGETPRIME
The FOR loop in question starts here...
For(Y,1,10)
0→Z
For(X,1,dim(L₂))
If L₁(Y)=L₂(X)
Then
Z+1→Z
End:Disp Z
End
If Z≥A
Then
int(Z/A)*A→C
int(Z/A)→D
For(T,1,D)
L₁(Y)→L₃(1+dim(L₃))
End
For(R,1,C)
ClrList L₄
For(S,1,dim(L₂))
If L₂(S)=L₁(Y) and C>0
Then
–1→L₂(S)
C-1→C
End
End
For(Q,1,dim(L₂))
If L₂(Q)≠–1
Then
L₂(Q)→L₄(1+dim(L₄))
End
End
ClrList L₂
For(Q,1,dim(L₄))
L₄(Q)→L₂(Q)
End
End
End
...and ends here.
1→E
For(M,1,dim(L₃))
E*L₃(M)→E
End
1→F
For(N,1,dim(L₂))
F*L₂(N)→F
End
Disp "OUTSIDE",E,"ROOT",A,"INSIDE",F
The program works perfectly besides the fact that this one loop only runs once. I will post prgmPRMNTOL1
and prgmGETPRIME
as well if necessary, though they probably do not have any impact as they modify only L₁
and L₂
.
EDIT: Added a indented version.
Input "Root=",A
Input "Radical=",B
B→Z
ClrList L₃
prgmPRMNTOL1
prgmGETPRIME
For(Y,1,10)
0→Z
For(X,1,dim(L₂))
If L₁(Y)=L₂(X)
Then
Z+1→Z
End
End
If Z≥A
Then
int(Z/A)*A→C
int(Z/A)→D
For(T,1,D)
L₁(Y)→L₃(1+dim(L₃))
End
For(R,1,C)
ClrList L₄
For(S,1,dim(L₂))
If L₂(S)=L₁(Y)
Then
–1→L₂(S)
End
End
For(Q,1,dim(L₂))
If L₂(Q)≠–1
Then
L₂(Q)→L₄(1+dim(L₄))
End
End
ClrList L₂
For(Q,1,dim(L₄))
L₄(Q)→L₂(Q)
End
End
End
1→E
For(M,1,dim(L₃))
E*L₃(M)→E
End
1→F
For(N,1,dim(L₂))
F*L₂(N)→F
End
Disp "OUTSIDE",E,"ROOT",A,"INSIDE",F
Your issue seems to stem from incorrectly matching your If
statements, loops and their End
statements.
The behavior of TI-Basic when end of file is reached before all loops and If
statements have been closed is to fail silently, terminating the program, rather than alerting the users of an error.
This behavior makes certain odd pieces of code syntactically valid. For instances this snippet would run without error:
For(A,1,10
Disp A
The results being
1
Done
Obviously this is the same as running Disp 1
so, there's no reason to use this an your code. It serves only to make silent and annoying errors appear in code.
Assuming the indented version of your code represents how you want your loops to be nested, the code below should fix your problem.
Input "Root=",A
Input "Radical=",B
B→Z
ClrList L₃
prgmPRMNTOL1
prgmGETPRIME
For(Y,1,10)
0→Z
For(X,1,dim(L₂))
If L₁(Y)=L₂(X)
Z+1→Z
End
If Z≥A:Then
int(Z/A)*A→C
int(Z/A)→D
For(T,1,D)
L₁(Y)→L₃(1+dim(L₃))
End
For(R,1,C)
ClrList L₄
For(S,1,dim(L₂))
If L₂(S)=L₁(Y)
–1→L₂(S)
End
End:"Inserted this End
For(Q,1,dim(L₂))
If L₂(Q)≠–1
L₁(Q)→L₄(1+dim(L₄))
End
ClrList L₂
For(Q,1,dim(L₄))
L₄(Q)→L₂(Q)
End
End
End
1→E
For(M,1,dim(L₃))
E*L₃(M)→E
End
1→F
For(N,1,dim(L₂))
F*L₂(N)→F
End
Disp "OUTSIDE",E,"ROOT",A,"INSIDE",F
If that doesn't fix it, the missing End
is elsewhere in your code.