Conditioned Printing

[Guest rkruijer]

Hi,%((A:INDICATED ALTITUDE,feet)(L:Var,feet) < )%{if} ALTITUDE %{end} This works but ....%((A:PLANE LATITUDE,feet)(L:Var,feet) < )%{if} (A:INDICATED ALTITUDE,feet) %{end} does not work! So printing the word "ALTITUDE" works alright but printing a Variable does not.Am I doing something wrong or is there a work around?Thanks for your timeRoerlof

[phjvh 0]

Hi,Try to add: %!d!%((A:PLANE ALTITUDE,feet)(L:Var,feet) <)%{if}%((A:INDICATED ALTITUDE,feet))%!d!%{end}Jan"Beatus ille qui procul negotiis..."

[Varmint007 2]

You need to 'printf' the variable. With literal strings like 'ALTITUDE' you just type the characters and they appear:%ALTITUDEWith numeric variables, you need to define the format that they're to 'print' with:%((A:INDICATED ALTITUDE,feet))%!d!%!d! will print an integer.!6.3f! will print 2 places in front of the decimal and 3 behind. The first value (before the decimal) is the total number of places (integer + the decimal point itself + the decimals. The second value is the number of decimals. Confusing you yet?For example if your altitude is 36089.535 feet and you want to ignore the decimal feet, you'd use %((A:INDICATED ALTITUDE,feet))%!d!% the result will be '36089'If you wanted to print 2 positions after the decimal you'd use:%((A:INDICATED ALTITUDE,feet))%!8.2f!%The result would be 36089.53So your code would look like this (assuming you want to ignore the decimals).%((A:PLANE LATITUDE,feet) (L:Var,feet) <)%{if}%((A:INDICATED ALTITUDE,feet))%!d!%{end}--Jon

[Guest rkruijer]

Thank you gentlemem. It was just a matter of syntax. I thought I had it covered {if}%((A:INDICATED ALTITUDE,feet))%!3d!%{end}but had forgotten the last % and never saw it.Thanx againRoelof

[Guest jfarrer@telus.net]

Thanks Jon.:) Now could you explain the letter variables?I've been more or shooting in the dark since the SDK doesn't explain these values although I know what works in certain circumstances. You used both 'd' and 'f' in the above example. I knew 'd' displayed an integer but I thought 'f' was a frequency tag. I've also seen an 's' although the one time I saw it while perusing some code it was used with an actual text entry.Rgds: Jeff

[Guest rkruijer]

Jeff'f' is for floating point's' for string'd' for integerLeading Zeros and spaces between digits.For zeros. 0 and de length of the number to display in front of d or f determens the number of leading zeros. Remember the period also counts in the length%Local QNH %((A:BAROMETER PRESSURE,millibar))%!4.2f!Will Show: QNH 1013.25 %MagnHeadRwy1 %((L:RALS RWMagHead1, degrees))%!03d!Will Show: 006 if degrees is 6%MagnHeadRwy2 %((L:RALS RWMagHead2, degrees) 100 / int)%!d!% %((L:RALS RWMagHead2, degrees) 100 % 10 /)%!d!% %((L:RALS RWMagHead2, degrees) 10 %)%!d! Will Show: 1 9 6 if degrees is 196 %MagnHeadRwy2 %((L:RALS RWMagHead2, degrees) 100 / int)%!01d!% %((L:RALS RWMagHead2, degrees) 100 % 10 /)%!01d!% %((L:RALS RWMagHead2, degrees) 10 %)%!01d!Will Show 0 0 6 if degrees is 6%!003d!° Will show the degree symbol as wellHope this tells you what you want to konwRoelof>Thanks Jon.>:) Now could you explain the letter variables?>I've been more or shooting in the dark since the SDK doesn't>explain these values although I know what works in certain>circumstances. You used both 'd' and 'f' in the above example.>I knew 'd' displayed an integer but I thought 'f' was a>frequency tag. I've also seen an 's' although the one time I>saw it while perusing some code it was used with an actual>text entry.>>Rgds: Jeff

[Guest jfarrer@telus.net]

Thanks Roelof.That cleared up a few misconceptions I had!Always useful to know 'when' something works, but even more useful to know 'why' it works.Merry Christmas.Rgds: Jeff