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Hi Dave,

Yep, that's how I do it.

I'm attaching a database I recently wrote to control and read status
from a laser power supply using asyn and scalcout records.

Mark


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Reid [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:25 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: A question about decoding strings in Asyn....
> 
> I'm using an Asyn record to get a readback from a Kepco power 
> supply via 
> GPIB.  The return string comes back as an exponential, i.e. 
> "1.5439E01". 
>   Is there a slick way for taking this string and decoding it into a 
> float?  Will the SSCANF facility in the SCALC record do this?
> 
> Thanks...
> 
> Dave Reid
> University of Washington Medical Center
> 

Attachment: IPG_YLR_laser.db
Description: IPG_YLR_laser.db

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