Copy Delimited Data.llb

[Darren]

Author: Darren (NI)

Copy Delimited Data

Copy the data from an array to the clipboard in tab-delimited format, making it easy to paste into a text editor or spreadsheet application.

Supported types are 1D and 2D arrays of numeric, string, Boolean, or path. Right-click option is present on array controls, array indicators, and array constants.

Attachement is saved in LabVIEW 2015. For install instructions, go here.

[X.]

Good stuff.

What numeric resolution is used for the copy?

I have posted a suggestion here:

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Higher-precision-for-quot-Export-Data-to-Clipboard-quo...

to solve a problem with the native export in LabVIEW, namely that it keeps the resolution displayed in a control/indicator (which might be constrained by screen real estate rather than indicative of the numeric resolution used internally).

[Darren]

Here are the formats I use for converting to string:

String -> String

Path -> String

Boolean -> 0 or 1

Integer Numeric -> %d

Floating Point Numeric -> %f

[X.]

So it will do exactly as the current LabVIEW export tool does, i.e. round off numerics to 6 significant digits by default and keep a non-exponential notation.

Try 1E-7 and you'll get 0.

Try 1.0E-6, 1.1E-6, 1.2E-6 and you'll get all 0.000001

This is not good. %e would be preferable.

Another thing I would recommend looking into it this other problem with the default LabVIEW "Export Data to Clipboard" described in this thread (declined due to lack of kudo, but still very much a problem):

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Export-data-to-clipboard-Size-Warning/idi-p/2395526

[Darren]

Ok, would %g be better? That seems to paste into Excel ok for all the examples you just gave.

[X.]

%g would be fine too (I suggested %e, but some folks might be spooked by 1E0) .

Please note the additional warning above.