To the right of the variable name you find its values in the default
representation.
If you specify more than one value for one variable (tuple), they are
separated by commas and enclosed by brackets.
If the number of values exceeds an upper limit, the output is clipped.
This is indicated by three dots at the end of the tuple.
Context Menu
- Inspect:
- Inspect the values of the selected control variables in an auxiliary
window (see section “Variable Inspect”).
The display depends on the semantic type of the selected control variable:
- Inspect as Handle
- Force the generic handle inspect window for all types
(see section “Inspecting Handles”).
- Inspect as Tuple
- Force the tuple inspect window for all types
(see section “Inspecting Tuples”).
- Plot as Function
- Plot the tuple values (see section “Inspecting Functions”).
The variable is assumed to contain y values for equidistant x values.
This entry is only available for numeric tuples.
- Plot as X/Y pair(s)
- Generate a scatter plot of two variables selected using Ctrl.
This entry is only available if two variables containing numeric tuples of
equal length are selected.
- Copy:
- Copy the values of the selected variables to the system clipboard.
If the variable window has the keyboard focus, Ctrl-C can be used as a
shortcut.
Tuples with zero or more than one values are returned in tuple notation:
[.., ..].
If multiple variables are selected, the tuples of the different variables
are separated by a new line.
- Clear Variable:
- Clear the selected control variables.
The contents of the variables become undefined.
- Save:
- Save the contents of the selected control variable to a file.
Depending on the content type of the variable (tuple, handle, ...),
different file formats are offered.
See also: write_tuple, write_bar_code_model, write_calib_data, write_data_code_2d_model, write_matrix, write_object_model_3d.
- Set/Clear Breakpoint on Variable:
- Toggle a breakpoint on the variable under the mouse cursor
(see section “Breakpoints on Variables”).
- Activate/Deactivate Breakpoint on Variable:
- Toggle activation of breakpoint on the variable under the mouse cursor.
- Add to User Tab:
- The selected variables are added to the tab User.
- Find Variable:
- Open the Find/Replace... dialog with the name of the
selected variable preselected.
- Declared in (global variables only)
- List the names and line numbers of the procedures that declare (and thus
use) the selected global variable.
Click an entry to jump to the corresponding location in the program
window.
- Sort by Name:
- Sort all variables in alphabetical order.
- Sort by Occurrence:
- Sort the variables in the same order as they are defined in the program.
- Update Variables:
- Toggle whether variables will be updated during program execution.
This is the same setting as in the runtime preferences
(see section “Runtime Settings ▹ Runtime Settings”).
- Add Variable (tab User only):
- This submenu contains a list of all variables that are
currently not displayed in the tab User.
Click a variable name to add the corresponding variable to the tab.
- Remove from User Tab (tab User only):
- The selected variables are removed from the tab User.