Section 10: Instrument programming
Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual
10-24
3700AS-901-01 Rev. D/June 2018
Example: Else and elseif
x = 1
y = 2
if x and y then
print("'if' expression 2 was not false.")
end
if x or y then
print("'if' expression 3 was not false.")
end
if not x then
print("'if' expression 4 was not false.")
else
print("'if' expression 4 was false.")
end
if x == 10 then
print("x = 10")
elseif y > 2 then
print("y > 2")
else
print("x is not equal to 10, and y is not greater than 2.")
end
Output:
'if' expression 2 was not false.
'if' expression 3 was not false.
'if' expression 4 was false.
x is not equal to 10, and y is not greater than 2.
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Loop control
If you need to repeat code execution, you can use the Lua
while
,
repeat
, and
for
control
structures. To exit a loop, you can use the
break
keyword.
While loops
To use conditional expressions to determine whether to execute or end a loop, you use
while
loops.
These loops are similar to
(on page 10-23) statements.
while
expression
do
block
end
Where:
•
expression
is Lua code that evaluates to either
true
or
false
•
block
consists of one or more Lua statements
The output you get from this example may vary depending on the data format settings of the
instrument.
