Format pattern for binary and hex display values

Ignition
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Please add format patterns that will display integer values in binary or hex.

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The number format patterns in Ignition are Java format patterns which don’t have a pattern for hex or binary display.

You could use Python to convert the integer to hex and display it as a string. The following will do that:myInt = system.tag.read("Random/RandomInteger1").value event.source.parent.getComponent('Label').text = hex(myInt)

If you need to do this in an expression, you should request a toHex() and toBinary() function that would take an int and return a string.

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Ok…

Please add toHex() and toBinary() expression functions that would take an int and return a hex or binary string respectively representing the integer value.

4

I should have looked before I typed. :slight_smile:

For 7.7, we’ve already implemented toHex() and fromHex() as expression functions. We expect that to be released sometime this quarter.

I’ll put a note in that you would like to have toBinary() as well.

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Perfect. Thanks.

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More new expression functions have been added to Ignition 7.7:
[ul]toBinary(int)
fromBinary(string)
toOctal(int)
fromOctal(string)[/ul]

Hope this does everything you need.

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Thanks! Those will be useful on occasion, saving some Python scripting.