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Purpose:<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Create and initialize variables in the CyFlex system from the command line or scripts, supporting data types such as REAL, INT, LOGICAL, and STRING.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Enter:<\/h3>\n
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For REAL: cvar<\/strong> REAL <label> <initial_value> [units] [resolution]]<\/p>\n

For INT: cvar INT <label> <initial_value> [units]]<\/p>\n

For LOGICAL: cvar<\/strong> LOGI <label> <initial_value> [true_event_name] [false_event_name]]<\/p>\n

For STRING: cvar<\/strong> STRING <label> <initial_value><\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Where:<\/h3>\n
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label<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Specify the variable label to be created.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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initial_value<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Specify the numeric value to which the variable will be set when created.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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units<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Optional. Specify a valid CyFlex units string. The default is none.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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resolution<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Optional. Specify the display resolution.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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true_event_name<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Optional. Specify the name of an event that will be set when the variable value transitions from FALSE to TRUE.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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false_event_name<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Optional. Specify the name of an event that will be set when the variable value transitions from TRUE to FALSE.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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event_name<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Optional. Specify a transition event name which will be set if the string value is changed.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Examples:<\/h3>\n
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REAL variable Example:<\/span>\u00a0
\nEnter: cvar<\/strong> REAL xyz 100 psi 2
\nThe preceding creates a real variable named “xyz” and set the units to [psi] and the initial value to 100[psi] and the display resolution to 2 places.<\/p>\n

INTEGER\u00a0variable Example:<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0
\nEnter:\u00a0\u00a0cvar<\/strong> INT\u00a0 my_int 99\u00a0 none\u00a0
\nThe preceding creates an integer variable named “my_int” with an initial value of 99 and the units string of none.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n
LOGICAL\u00a0variable Example:<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0
\nEnter: \u00a0 cvar\u00a0<\/strong>LOGI\u00a0 pump\u00a0\u00a0ON\u00a0\u00a0pump-turned-on\u00a0\u00a0pump-turned_off\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/div>\n
The preceding creates a logical variable named “pump” with initial_value ON, true_event_name “pump_turned_on”, and false_event_name “pump_turned_off”.<\/div>\n
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STRING\u00a0variable Example:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nEnter: cvar\u00a0<\/strong>STRING\u00a0 my_name\u00a0\u00a0‘Joe Random’\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/div>\n
The preceding creates a string variable named “my_name” and sets the value to ‘Joe Random’.<\/div>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Notes:<\/h3>\n

Variables created with cvar can only be updated if they are owned by cvar and of the same type.<\/p>\n

Ensure the variable does not already exist or matches the specified type.<\/p>\n

See Also:<\/h3>\n
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rvar<\/a><\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Purpose: Create and initialize variables in the CyFlex system from the command line or scripts, supporting data types such as REAL, INT, LOGICAL, and STRING. Enter: For REAL: cvar REAL <label> <initial_value> [units] [resolution]] For INT: cvar INT <label> <initial_value> [units]] For LOGICAL: cvar LOGI <label> <initial_value> [true_event_name] [false_event_name]] For STRING: cvar STRING <label> <initial_value> […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"parent":1966,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3535","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3535\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}