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Model 2657A High Power System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual Section 7: TSP command reference
2657A-901-01 Rev. B/December 2012 7-91
Details
This function may buffer data until a flush (
fileVar
:flush()
or
io.flush()
) or close (
fileVar
:close()
or
io.close()
) operation is performed.
Also see
fileVar:close() (on page 7-88)
fileVar:flush() (on page 7-88)
io.close() (on page 7-103)
io.flush() (on page 7-104)
io.open() (on page 7-105)
format.asciiprecision
This attribute sets the precision (number of digits) for all numbers printed with the ASCII format.
Type TSP-Link accessible Affected by Where saved Default value
Attribute (RW) No Instrument reset
Recall setup Not saved 6
Usage
precision
= format.asciiprecision
format.asciiprecision =
precision
precision
A number representing the number of digits to be printed for numbers printed with
the
print()
,
printbuffer()
, and
printnumber()
functions; must be a
number between
1
and
16
Details
This attribute specifies the precision (number of digits) for numeric data printed with the
print()
,
printbuffer()
, and
printnumber()
functions. The
format.asciiprecision
attribute is only used with
the ASCII format. The precision value must be a number between 1 and 16.
Note that the precision is the number of significant digits printed. There is always one digit to the left of the
decimal point; be sure to include this digit when setting the precision.
Example
format.asciiprecision = 10
x = 2.54
printnumber(x)
format.asciiprecision = 3
printnumber(x) Output:
2.54000
2.54e+00
Also see
format.byteorder (on page 7-92)
format.data (on page 7-93)
print() (on page 7-148)
printbuffer() (on page 7-149)
printnumber() (on page 7-150)