TI Basic how to do store value in notepad++

Question

I'm trying to write a program in notepad++ the language is TI Basic.

On a TI 83 or 84 calculator when programming you can store a value to a letter by using the STO> button. In the code STO> is represented by ex: 2+2=4-->x. How would I write that in notepad++.

EDIT: To clarify my question i'm writing a program in TI-Basic language within Notepad++. I would like to do a simple equation and have the result stored to "x". The part im struggling with how would I write it? I know how to do it within the calculator itself. I would use the STO> key. For example this is how I would write it in the calculator 2+2=4 STO>X but, the actual code would look like 2+2=4-->X. I cant exactly write --> within an editor. Reason being it would give me a syntex error when I run it.

Answer 1

You might try this -> or this →, but I'm not sure if it would work. I haven't tried it on my calculator before.

Answer 2

lemondrop is right, you'll need a special program editor to make TI programs on your PC.

I've used TI Connect CE before, and I think it'll work well for your purposes. There are others out there though.

Answer 3

In addition to the previous answer, when you type things on a calculator, they are really just 1 or 2 byte tokens representing that symbol or command. This means you cant just write plaintext and poof it on to a calculator and expect it to work. As said before TI Program Editor is a good one, but TokenIDE in my opinion is better because it has syntax highlighting and will recognize things like -> without having to type the unicode arrow like in Ti Program Editor. There are also a few online ones if you do some research, but thats up to you. Once you build a program in one of these editors, you simply get it to your calculator with the normal TI Connect software, and run it. Hope this helps.