HEIDENHAIN TNC 320 User Manual page 372

9
Programming Q parameters
9.11 String parameters
Compare alphabetic priority
The STRCOMP function compares string parameters for alphabetic
priority.
Select Q parameter function
Press the FORMULA soft key
Enter the number of the Q parameter in which the
TNC is to save the result of comparison. Confirm
with the ENT key
Shift the soft-key row
Select the function for comparing string
parameters
Enter the number of the first QS parameter to be
compared, and confirm with the ENT key
Enter the number of the second QS parameter to
be compared, and confirm with the ENT key
Close the parenthetical expression with the ENT
key and confirm your entry with the END key
The TNC returns the following results:
0: The compared QS parameters are identical
–1: The first QS parameter
QS parameter alphabetically
+1: The first QS parameter
QS parameter alphabetically
Example: QS12 and QS14 are compared for alphabetic priority
37 Q52 = STRCOMP ( SRC_QS12 SEA_QS14 )
372
precedes the second
follows the second
HEIDENHAIN | TNC 320 | Conversational Programming User's Manual | 9/2016