Section 11: TSP command reference  Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual 
11-248  3700AS-901-01 Rev. D/June 2018 
 
format.asciiprecision = 10 
x = 3.14159265 
format.data = format.ASCII 
printnumber(x) 
format.data = format.REAL64 
printnumber(x) 
Output a number represented by x in ASCII 
using a precision of 10, then output the same 
number in binary using double precision 
format. 
Output: 
3.141592650e+00 
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Also see 
format.asciiprecision (on page 11-245) 
format.byteorder (on page 11-246) 
printbuffer() (on page 11-299) 
printnumber() (on page 11-302) 
fs.chdir() 
This function sets the current working directory. 
Usage 
workingDirectory = fs.chdir("path") 
 
Returned value containing the working path 
A string indicating the new working directory path 
Details 
The new working directory path may be absolute or relative to the current working directory. 
An error is logged to the error queue if the given path does not exist. 
Example 
 
testPath = fs.chdir("/usb1/") 
Change the working directory to usb1.