Siemens SINUMERIK 828D

Flexible NC programming
1.9 String operations
Job planning
78 Programming Manual, 07/2010, 6FC5398-2BP40-0BA0
CAUTION
The intermediate results of string concatenation must not exceed the maximum string
length.
Note
The FRAME and AXIS types cannot be used together with the operator "<<".
Examples
Example 1: Concatenation of strings
Program code Comments
DEF INT IDX=2
DEF REAL VALUE=9.654
DEF STRING[20] STRG="INDEX:2"
IF STRG=="Index:"<<IDX GOTOF NO_MSG
MSG("Index:"<<IDX<<"/value:"<<VALUE) ; Didplay:
"Index:2/value:9.654"
NO_MSG:
Example 2: Explicit type conversion with <<
Program code Comments
DEF REAL VALUE=3.5
<<VALUE ; The specified type REAL variable is converted into a
STRING type.