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Series 2600B System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual Section 7: TSP command reference
2600BS-901-01 Rev. B / May 2013 7-93
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)
Usage
order = format.byteorder
format.byteorder = order
order
Byte order value as follows:
•
Most significant byte first:
0
,
format.NORMAL
,
format.NETWORK
, or
format.BIGENDIAN
•
Least significant byte first:
1
,
format.SWAPPED
or
format.LITTLEENDIAN
Details
This attribute selects the byte order in which data is written when you are printing data values with the
printnumber()
and
printbuffer()
functions. The byte order attribute is only used with the
format.SREAL
,
format.REAL
,
format.REAL32
, and
format.REAL64
data formats.
format.NORMAL
,
format.BIGENDIAN
, and
format.NETWORK
select the same byte order.
format.SWAPPED
and
format.LITTLEENDIAN
select the same byte order. Selecting which to use is a matter of preference.
Select the
format.SWAPPED
or
format.LITTLEENDIAN
byte order when sending data to a computer with a
Microsoft Windows operating system.
Example
x = 1.23
format.data = format.REAL32
format.byteorder = format.LITTLEENDIAN
printnumber(x)
format.byteorder = format.BIGENDIAN
printnumber(x)
Output depends on the terminal program
you use, but will look something like:
#0¤p??
#0??p¤
Also see
format.asciiprecision (on page 7-92)
format.data (on page 7-94)
printbuffer() (on page 7-153)
printnumber() (on page 7-156)