Editing TI-BASIC (section)

{{Short description|Programming language used in Texas Instruments calculators}}
{{About|the calculator programming language|the TI 99/4A home computer programming language|TI BASIC (TI 99/4A)}}
{{split|TI-BASIC 83 (Z80)|TI-BASIC 89 (68k)|TI-BASIC Nspire (ARM)|date=February 2019}}
'''TI-BASIC''' is the official<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://education.ti.com/en/products/calculators/graphing-calculators/ti-84-plus?category=specifications|title=TI-84 Plus|website=education.ti.com}}</ref> name of a [[BASIC]]-like language built into [[Texas Instruments|Texas Instruments']] [[graphing calculator]]s.
TI-BASIC is a language family of three different and incompatible versions, released on different products:
* [[TI-BASIC 83]] (on [[Z80]] processor) for [[TI-83 series]], [[TI-84 Plus series]]
* TI-BASIC 89 (on [[68k]] processor) for [[TI-89 series]], [[TI-92 series]], [[Voyage 200]]
* TI-BASIC Nspire (on [[ARM processor]]) for [[TI-Nspire]] and TI-Nspire CAS
TI rarely refers to the language by name, but the name TI-BASIC has been used in some developer documentation.<ref>https://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/productDetail/us_ti89ti.html?bid=5 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013065711/https://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/productDetail/us_ti89ti.html?bid=5 |date=2017-10-13 }} TI-89 at education.ti.com</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lua Scripting |url=https://education.ti.com/nspire/scripting |access-date=2011-06-05 |website=education.ti.com}}</ref>

For many applications, it is the most convenient way to [[computer programming|program]] any TI calculator, since the capability to write programs in TI-BASIC is built-in. [[Assembly language]] (often referred to as "asm") can also be used, and [[C (programming language)|C]] [[compiler]]s exist for translation into assembly: TIGCC for [[Motorola 68000]] (68k) based calculators, and [[Small Device C Compiler|SDCC]] for [[Zilog Z80]] based calculators. However, both of them are [[cross-compiler]]s, not allowing on-calculator programming. TI-BASIC is considerably slower than the assembly language (because it has to be [[BASIC interpreter|interpreted]]), making it better suited to writing programs to quickly solve math problems or perform repetitive tasks, rather than programming games or graphics-intensive applications. Some math instruction books even provide programs in TI-BASIC (usually for the widespread variant used by the TI-82/83/84 series).

Although it is somewhat minimalist compared to programming languages used on computers, TI-BASIC is nonetheless an important factor in the programming community. Because TI graphing calculators are required for advanced mathematics classes in many high schools and universities, TI-BASIC often provides the first glimpse many students have into the world of programming.
{{wikibookshas|textbooks on TI-BASIC programming|
* ''[[b:Programming:TI-Basic|Programming:TI-Basic]]''
* ''[[b:TI-Basic Programs|TI-Basic Programs]]''}}