Tektronix Keithley SourceMeter 2470 Reference Manual

2470
High Voltage SourceMeter Instrument Reference Manual Section 14:
TSP command reference
2470-901-01 Rev. A / May 2019 14-103
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 14-82)
format.byteorder (on page 14-83)
format.data (on page 14-84)
print() (on page 14-99)
printbuffer() (on page 14-100)

Tektronix Keithley SourceMeter 2470 Specifications

General

Brand	Tektronix
Model	Keithley SourceMeter 2470
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English