remove slash codes

[lmtis]

Hi all,

I have run into a bit of a perplexing problem.  I am communicating with an instrument via TCP.  When I try to compare the received strings, I get an error.  For example if I see a 1 in the string, and compare it with a string 1, I get a false.  A search here suggested a possible problem with slash codes.  If I probe the line with the return data, copy and paste it into the diagram, and enable \ codes display, a '\00' appears after the 1.  How on earth do I get rid of this?  I can't just convert to a number because some of the data is string data.

Jim

[Dennis_Knutson]

A \00 is the ASCII NULL character. Before you do your comparsion, you can use the Search and Replace function. For the search string, create a string constant and enable \ code display for it. Enter \00 into the constant. For the replace string, use the empty string constant. Set the replace all input to true.

[lmtis]

Dennis,

Again I thank you.  I had tried the search and replace but hadn't thought to turn on the display codes.  You just saved me a bunch of time.  Thanks.

Jim