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Flexible NC programming
1.9 String operations
Format descriptions available
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%B
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%C
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%D
%<m>D
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%F
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Conversion into the "TRUE" string, if the value to be converted:
Is not equal to 0.
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Is not an empty string (for string values).
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Conversion into the "FALSE" string, if the value to be converted:
Is equal to 0.

Is an empty string.
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Example:
N10 DEF BOOL BOOL_VAR=1
N20 DEF STRING[80] RESULT
N30 RESULT=SPRINT("CONTENT OF BOOL_VAR:%B", BOOL_VAR)
Result: The character string "CONTENT OF BOOL_VAR:TRUE" is written to the
RESULT string variable.
Conversion into an ASCII character.
Example:
N10 DEF CHAR CHAR_VAR="X"
N20 DEF STRING[80] RESULT
N30 RESULT=SPRINT("CONTENT OF CHAR_VAR:%C",CHAR_VAR)
Result: The character string "CONTENT OF CHAR_VAR:X is written to the string
variable RESULT.
Conversion into a string with an integer value (INTEGER).
Example:
N10 DEF INT INT_VAR=123
N20 DEF STRING[80] RESULT
N30 RESULT=SPRINT("CONTENT OF INT_VAR:%D",INT_VAR)
Result: The character string "CONTENT OF INT_VAR:123" is written to the string
variable RESULT.
: Conversion into a string with an integer value (INTEGER). The string has a
minimum length of <m> characters. The missing locations are filled with spaces,
left-justified.
Example:
N10 DEF INT INT_VAR=-123
N20 DEF STRING[80] RESULT
N30 RESULT=SPRINT("CONTENT OF INT_VAR:%6D",INT_VAR)
Result: The character string "CONTENT OF INT_VAR:xx-123" is written to string
variable RESULT ("x" in the example represents spaces).
Conversion into a string with a decimal number with 6 decimal places. Where
relevant, the decimal places are rounded-off or filled with 0.
Example:
N10 DEF REAL REAL_VAR=-1.2341234EX+03
N20 DEF STRING[80] RESULT
N30 RESULT=SPRINT("CONTENT OF REAL_VAR:%F",REAL_VAR)
Result: The character string "CONTENT OF REAL_VAR:-1234.123400" is written
to the string variable RESULT.
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