Keithley SourceMeter 2600B Series, Reference Manual

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Series 2600B System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual Section 7: TSP command reference
2600BS-901-01 Rev. C / August 2016 7-101
format.asciiprecision
This attribute sets the precision (number of digits) for all numbers returned in 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 from 0 to 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 7-101)
format.data (on page 7-102)
print() (on page 7-165)
printbuffer() (on page 7-166)
printnumber() (on page 7-169)
format.byteorder
This attribute sets the binary byte order for the data that is printed using the printnumber() and
printbuffer() functions.
Type TSP-Link accessible Affected by Where saved Default value
Attribute (RW) Yes Instrument reset
Recall setup
Not saved 1 (format.LITTLEENDIAN)