Even/Odd? comparison primitive

[wired]

I tend to use the Quotient and Remainder for determining whether a number is even or odd. It clutters up the block diagram with the primitive, a constant, and a comparison.  How about one (or two) of those nifty little triangles with a number in and a boolean out to indicate if the number is even (or odd)?  It seems I need this function more frequently than one would expect, and it would be a simple 'new feature'.

[altenbach]

The problem is that if you create a dedicated primitive for each possible scenario, you get massive palette bloat. Next thing you want a primitive that checks if a number is divisble by three... :o.

[wired]

I really don't think I'd be asking for such a thing.  This idea was based on the fact that on multiple projects I have done, I would have used this primitive had it been on the palette.  Your mileage may vary...

[peos]

To wired on:

If you need this function frequently, make a subVI. It can be made in half an hour, and icon editing takes 99% of the time.

Build your own library with such useful functions.

[wired]

The same could have been said of some of the other primitives in LabVIEW.  In 20 years of LabVIEW programming, I have never used the Octal Digit? primitive (I'm not really sure when it was introduced - probably the V8 timeframe?), yet I have needed an even/odd comparison on many occasions. I would gladly exchange one for the other 🙂

[David_Grucza]

This really comes down to how readable your diagram is (and how uncluttered it is). Making a primative out of an often used function will improve readability and clutter. So I vote that this is a great idea.

[SteenSchmidt]

Just stumbled upon this old idea. Since it hasn't made it into LabVIEW yet I would point to the GPower Comparison toolset that actually contains this:

/Steen