How to write Upper Case letters in TI-89

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The TI-89 calculator does not display upper case letters in the main output screen when entered, despite appearing in the smaller input section. This issue arises because the calculator interprets the input as a variable name, which only accepts lower case letters. To successfully display upper case letters, users must enclose the text in quotation marks. This method ensures that the TI-89 treats the input as a string rather than a variable.

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Hello am interested how to write upper case letters in TI-89

I have read the manual how to write the upper case letters but whenever i press enter the calculator doesent show the upper case letters on the sceen instead it only writes lower case letters.


For example i press white upper arrow and press the letter key, calculator then shows the upper case letter in the modifying smaller lower section of the screen but when i press enter it shows only lower case letters in the fixed larger part of the screen.

the same thing happens if i use white upper arrow key and alpha key combined , i write several upper case letters on the calculator, then press enter and the calculator writes lower case letters on the screen.
 
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It seems the issue is that the calculator is parsing the characters as the name of a variable which only allows lowercase letters. If you place a quotation symbol around the text, there will be no modifications to your input :)
 

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