Tektronix KEITHLEY 2600B Series User Manual

Section 9: TSP command reference Series 2600B System SourceMeter® instrument Reference Manual
9-172 2600BS-901-01 Rev. F/August 2021
Also see
bufferVar.n (on page 9-28)
bufferVar.readings (on page 9-29)
format.asciiprecision (on page 9-100)
format.byteorder (on page 9-101)
format.data (on page 9-102)
printnumber() (on page 9-172)
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

Tektronix KEITHLEY 2600B Series Specifications

General

Brand	Tektronix
Model	KEITHLEY 2600B Series
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English