[Bug] No leading zeros allowed in hex radix case selector label

[Darin.K]

Undeterred by my roughly 5% response rate on bug reports around here, another one finally bugged me (get it?) enough to post.

When entering a value into a Case Selector label set to hex radix, leading zeros causes it to choke.

entering 'fff' or 'fFf' or 'FfF' or 'FFF' works just fine.  I like fixed width hex displays myself so in a perfect world it would leave leading zeros alone, but at least they should be ignored.

[altenbach]

I would prefer the display to be padded with zeroes on the left according to the number of nibbles in the datatype wired to the selector (or bits in case of binary display).

[GerdW]

I stumbled over that one too some days ago...

I also prefer leading zeros and so fully agree with Christian's suggestion! Is there an IdeaExchange already present?

Now there is an idea...

[Jeff-P · Accepted solution]

Reported as CAR 434420. At the very least, it should not interpret anything with leading zeros as a string. As an aside, the current behavior also happens if you try to add leading zeros to a decimal number (a much less common use case).

Thanks,

Jeff Peacock 

Product Support Engineer | LabVIEW R&D | National Instruments 

[JÞB]

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@GerdW wrote:

I stumbled over that one too some days ago...

I also prefer leading zeros and so fully agree with Christian's suggestion! Is there an IdeaExchange already present?

Now there is an idea...

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Nope- thats a bug-  Kind of like an "Approved" idea except more like an anti-feature request.  We'll see how and when the CAR closes.

[altenbach]

The fact that leading zeroes make it choke is a bug.

The new feature to allow us to set the display format is an idea.

😄

[ChrisStrykesAgain]

CAR 434420 has been fixed in LabVIEW 2016. Details can be found in the LabVIEW 2016 Bug Fix List.