user created variable in post

[Zoffen]

hey all,

 

i've been really geeking out the past week or so and have gotten imersed in editing and tweaking posts.

so far i've figured most of it out but am stumped on something that i'm not sure is even possible in just the post alone.

 

here's what i'm trying to do:

 

I want to create a variable that i can write my own logic into the post to increment the value.

lets say i want to have a variable that i can write next to a "N" at the beginning of my subroutine and then use this same variable next to "GOTO" at the end so i can loop operaions if i want.

 

is there anyway to do this?

 

thanks a bunch!

[Jimmy Wakeford from Barefoot CNC]

You can use the while function to do this

 

my_var : 0

post_block1
     my_var = 3                      #set varible start value
     while my_var > 0, post_block2   #loop

post_block2
     my_var = my_var - 1   # counter
     *my_var,e$            # do something

I sometimes forget to put the counter in the 2nd postblock and that cause the post to run an infinite loop

[Zoffen]

still can't get what i want.

 

here's what i did:

 

initialized the string for the variable(pretty sure this is what this does):

 

my_var : 0

 

counter_int # initialize variable

my_var=0

counter

my_var=my_var+1

*my_var, e$

 

 

 

I get no number output with this in my post.

what am i doing wrong?

[K2csq7]

I have a counter in one of my posts...tcnt

here is how I set it up

 

fmt 	4   tcnt    	# operation counter per toolchange        	<<<<<<<<<<<<set it up


lsof$        	#Start of file for non-zero tool number, lathe
 	sav_cc_1013 = cc_1013$                               	# 1/17/03
 	#pbld, n$, *smetric, e$
 	tcnt = 1                                                                     	<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<start it as 1



ptcnt	#operation counter                                               	<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<this is where the output is generated
    	#if mi7$ = 0, "O", tcnt
    	if mi2$ = 0, "N", *tcnt



   	[                                                                            	<<<<<<<<<<<<<<this is in the ltlchg$ postblock
   	ptcnt, "(            	", *tcnt, "  	BEGIN )",e$
   	tcnt = tcnt + 1
   	tcntsp = 1
   	]

 

Here is what I get in the posted code

 

N1 ( 1 BEGIN )

 

 

Not sure if this is what your lookin for...hope it helps...

[K2csq7]

N1 (            	1   	BEGIN )

 

This is what I get in the posted code^^^

[Jimmy Wakeford from Barefoot CNC]

When declaring numeric variables you have have ": #" to do so

I always use spaces between operators. The following will always make my_var = 1 since it resets to 0 at the top of post block

I wasn't sure what "counter" was doing. if its a call to a post block it needs to be pcounter as postblocks must start with letter p

 

 

my_var : 0
counter_int : 0 # initialize variable

p_some_post_block
  my_var = 0
  #counter    ----not sure what this is
  my_var = my_var + 1
  *my_var, e$

[Zoffen]

thanks all i figured it out.

 

god i love helpful places like this!

 

soon to be post manipulation master....well maybe not a master but at least a up and coming wizard!