StringScan - method of the Pm object
Description:
Reading the data from the text string formatted in the C language convention.
This method is obsolete (but functional) and it is better to use the
PmFormat.Scan method.
Syntax:
Array StringScan(String sFormat, String sSource)
Parameters:
| sFormat | (String) Formatting rule written in the C language convention. See C language formatting rule. For real numbers the number of decimal places mustn't be stated (instead of "%5.2f" must be only "%5f"). |
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| sSource | (String) string from which data are read according to the format |
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Return value:
This data are returned by the method in the array of values (
PmArray object for
JavaScript or
Array data type for
VBScript).
Note:
This method is functional also in
Macro expression $.expr and in the
onDraw event of the
PmgCanvas object.
This method is also functional in
Web panels.
HexaString (a text string in hexadecimal) can be used in two ways:
1) Display numbers in hexadecimal, where the higher orders are on the left. It corresponds to the storage in memory of
Big-endian. This is the conversion of a number value into a text string (and vice versa) using a formatting string. To use
HexaString in this way, it is recommended to use the
PmFormat object.
2) Encoding the contents of a memory section of a certain size (e.g. 1B, 2B, 4B, ...) in hexadecimal. Then it depends on how the number is stored in memory. On
Intel and
AMD processors (
x86 or
x64 architecture), the so-called
Little-endian is used, where the lower orders are on the left. To use
HexaString in this way, it is recommended to use the
PmBuffer object, which can handle both
Little-endian and
Big-endian.
Example:
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var nTemperature, nPressure;
var sText = "Temperature=25.48, Pressure=112.8";
var aData = Pm.StringScan("Temperature=%5f, Pressure=%5f", sText);
nTemperature = aData.GetItem(0);
nPressure = aData.GetItem(1);
Dim nTemperature, nPressure, sText, aData
sText = "Temperature=25.48, Pressure=112.8"
aData = Pm.StringScan("Temperature=%5f, Pressure=%5f", sText)
nTemperature = aData(0)
nPressure = aData(1)