Keithley 3700 Series User Manual

Section 11: TSP command reference Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual
11-302 3700AS-901-01 Rev. D/June 2018
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 11-245)
format.byteorder (on page 11-246)
format.data (on page 11-247)
print() (on page 11-298)
printbuffer() (on page 11-299)

Keithley 3700 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Keithley
Model	3700 Series
Category	Multimeter
Language	English