Keithley 2450 - Printnumber()

Model 2450
Interactive SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual Section 8:
TSP command reference
2450-901-01 Rev. B/September 2013 8-81
printnumber()
This function prints numbers using the configured format.
Type TSP-Link accessible
Affected by Where saved Default value
Function
No
Usage
printnumber(value1)
printnumber(value1, value2)
printnumber(value1, ..., valueN)
value1
First value to print in the configured format
value2
Second value to print in the configured format
valueN
Last value to print in the configured format
...
One or more values separated with commas
Details
There are multiple ways to use this function, depending on how many numbers are to be printed.
This function prints the given numbers using the data format specified by format.data and
format.asciiprecision.
Example
format.asciiprecision = 10
x = 2.54
printnumber(x)
format.asciiprecision = 3
printnumber(x, 2.54321, 3.1)
Configure the ASCII precision to 10 and set
x
to
2.54.
Read the value of x based on these settings.
Change the ASCII precision to 3.
View how the change affects the output of x and
some numbers.
Output:
2.540000000e+00
2.54e+00, 2.54e+00, 3.10e+00
Also see
format.asciiprecision (on page 8-62)
format.byteorder (on page 8-63)
format.data (on page 8-64)
print() (on page 8-77)
printbuffer() (on page 8-78)