Build Text usage in a loop

[mrbean]

I've never used Build Text before, so I'm struggling with how/if to use it.  I'm in a For-Loop and through each iteration, I want to capture (1) the iteration, (2) the resource string of the com port being tested, (3) the string being written to the port, (4) the string being read from the Com port connected to the Port (that was written to in (3).  This cumulative string, I want to return from my VI and stuff into TestStand's report text.  Can this be done with Build Text, and is this the best way?

[chrisger]

hi there

there are a lot of solutions for this. my suggestion:

collect all strings from one single test in a 1D-array, and then collect these 1D-arrays to a 2D-array. use the Array to spreadsheet string - function to create a string from this 2D-array. then you can pass this string to your report generation (see attachment..)