HP Sander 16500C manual String Variables, Response, Used for string concatenation

Introduction to Programming

String Variables

			String Variables
			Because there are so many ways to code numbers, the HP 16500C Logic
			Analysis System handles almost all data as ASCII strings. Depending on your
			host language, you may be able to use other types when reading in responses.
			Sometimes it is helpful to use string variables in place of constants to send
			instructions to the system, such as including the headers with a query
			response.
Example			This example combines variables and constants in order to make it easier to
			switch from MACHINE1 to MACHINE2 in slot 3. In BASIC, the & operator is
			used for string concatenation.
10	LET Machine$ = ":SELECT 3:MACHINE2" !Send all instructions to machine 2 in
		!slot 3
20	OUTPUT XXX; Machine$ & ":TYPE STATE" !Make machine a state analyzer
30		! Assign all labels to be positive
40	OUTPUT XXX; Machine$ & ":SFORMAT:LABEL ’CHAN 1’, POS"
50	OUTPUT XXX; Machine$ & ":SFORMAT:LABEL ’CHAN 2’, POS"
60	OUTPUT XXX; Machine$ & ":SFORMAT:LABEL ’OUT’, POS"
99	END

Example

If you want to observe the headers for queries, you must bring the returned data into a string variable. Reading queries into string variables requires little attention to formatting.

This command line places the output of the query in the string variable Result$.

ENTER XXX;Result$

The output of the system may be numeric or character data depending on what is queried. Refer to the specific commands in Part 2 of this guide for the formats and types of data returned from queries.

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