Serout question

I have a 4x40 LCD from NewHaven. The first line is a header that changes based on a few conditions. The second, third, and fourth row contain time or rpm variables that can be edited by the user.

I have the code working pretty good yet I want to format the variables based on the type of data, meaning time or rpm. With time I want to have X.XXX and rpm X,XXX.

I can parse out the second and thousand rpm values plus the remaining time or RPM. My question is how can I minimize the SEROUTS. Can I write the formatted time/rpm to an Array variable that contains the decimal or comma then SEROUT the array values? Instead of having a bunch of If/Thens that direct the code to a specific SEROUT?

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Originally Posted by Tobias

I have a 4x40 LCD from NewHaven. The first line is a header that changes based on a few conditions. The second, third, and fourth row contain time or rpm variables that can be edited by the user.

I have the code working pretty good yet I want to format the variables based on the type of data, meaning time or rpm. With time I want to have X.XXX and rpm X,XXX.

I can parse out the second and thousand rpm values plus the remaining time or RPM. My question is how can I minimize the SEROUTS. Can I write the formatted time/rpm to an Array variable that contains the decimal or comma then SEROUT the array values? Instead of having a bunch of If/Thens that direct the code to a specific SEROUT?

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serout portb.0,t2400,[$FE,2,"time is",MyVar.0,":",MyVar.1,":",MyVar.2] or something to that effect

You can easily store a single character (comma or decimal point) in a byte variable.

Code:

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IF type = rpm THEN
    delimiter = ","
    value = rpmvalue
ELSE
    delimiter = "."
    value = timevalue
ENDIF

DEBUG  DEC (value/1000), delimiter, DEC3 value

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Thanks that makes it alot simpilier.