Repetitive format string

[Svingen]

Does anybody know how to do repetitive formatting?

I have 40 or so numbers that i want to format into a string. My format is "%#g\t". Instead of typing the format 40 times, is there a format specifier so that a could write something like "38x%#g\t" ?

Thanks

[AJL]

If your numbers are in an array, you can put your format into string in a for loop and run index in the array of numbers. Your output is indexed to output an array of the strings. Doing this it does not matter how many numbers you need to format. The array size will determine how many times your loop will run.

Hope this is what you were looking for.

AJL

[becktho]

Hi

If you have the numbers in an array, you could convert them using a loop (see attachement).

Otherwise I think there's no possibility to specify one format for >1 numbers.

Hope this helps.

Thomas

[Svingen]

Thanks, but that was not what i was looking for. I can also use the format into spreadsheet string, but then everything will be of the same format.

[shoneill]

Well, without wanting to be smart, instead of typing it 40 times, you could always copy and paste.

Seriously.

Shane.

[Svingen]

He he, that's what i was doing. The difficult part is to count them, especially when some of them is other format, the format string gets looong. I gave up, and ended up with format to spread sheet string. Good olf FORTRAN has this option, so it is strange that LV does not.

[John Rich]

You could build the format string programmatically. I have attached an example of a subvi to which you could pass the existing format string, the format string to be added, and the number of times to add the format string. This may not be quite as slick as typing 38 x format, but it beats having to keep count of your long string.

[Svingen]

Thanks, that looks like it will work. I will try it.

[chrisger]

Hi

you can use a list of format specifiers in an array, one entry for each value you want to format (see attachment). format the data in a for-loop and pass the previous data string as the initial string to the next formatting.

best regards
chris