Conversion instructions
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Part II IEC Instructions
DWORD_TO_WORD
DOUBLE WORD in WORD
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PLC types
Availability of DWORD_TO_WORD (see page 1319)
The first 16 bits of the input variable are assigned to the output variable.
Data type I/O Function
DWORD input input data type
WORD output conversion result
Description
DWORD_TO_WORD converts a value of the data type DOUBLE WORD into a value of the data
type WORD.
Data types
Example
In this example, the same POU header is used for all programming languages. For an example
using IL (instruction list), please refer to the online help.
POU header
All input and output variables used for programming this function have been declared in the POU
header.
This example uses variables. You can also use a constant for the input variable.
Body
DWORD_value of the data type DOUBLE WORD (32-bit) is converted into a value of the data type
WORD (16-bit). The converted value is written into WORD_value.
LD
ST
When programming with structured text, enter the following:
WORD_value:=DWORD_TO_WORD(DWORD_value);