Build arrays then reset

[shadymohamed]

Hi All

I know you read these words a lot here ,sorry ,I'm new to labview and I want someone to help me out in the vi that I'm going to explain now.

I have a while loop with a variable inside it (local variable or a random variable in this example),the loop has wait time of 1000ms ,so every one second there's a new value .

after an amount of time I want to record what the variable outputs into an array ,and then sum up all of these values and then display them.

I will trigger the recording process manually using a boolean trigger so ,no need for a timer or something ,i will just press a button then values start to accomulate in the array and then when I release the button ,I want these values to be summed up and displayed ,Then I have another RESET Boolean ,that I press to reset the values in the array back to zeroes in order to press the button one more time again later and then the process repeats itself again.

I made the vi in the way that i'm posting right now that i can only begin the vi so values accomulate and then when i press the boolean button the loop stops and then the array is summed up and displayed.

the problem is that i can't reset the values or repeat the process again because when i press the boolean ,the loop stops and i can't start it over once again.

I will be very thankful if someone helped me out with that.

Thanks in advance

Regards

Shady

[Puneet_K]

Have a look on the attached VI, let me know if you need any changes.

[P@Anand]

You can try the following method.

Good luck

[NitzZ · Accepted solution]

Hey shady,

It is always advisable to use shift register for building arrays. Using a while loop within  a Case Structure is not a good programming practice. Check out the attached VI. This must help you.

Warm Regards,
NitZ

(Give Kudos to good Answers, Mark it as a Solution if your problem is Solved;)) 

[P@Anand]

But still this may decrease the performance as explained Here.

[NitzZ]

Anand,

Thanks for pointing this out. I was thinking of it while coding this, but then felt that it will be a bit confusing for shady to use all the reverse functions and all initially. Anyway, thanks again.:)

Regards,
Nitz 

[shadymohamed]

Puneet K

Thanks a lot for the example VI ,It took me a while to figure out how those booleans array work 😄 ,but yeah finally i got it .

Thanks again

Regards,

Shady

[shadymohamed]

P Anand

Thanks a lot ! ,The simplest and fastest solution to my problem 🙂 ,although it doesn't have the reset button ,but the same function can be obtained when release the boolean "capture".

Thanks a lot again !! 🙂

Regards

Shady

[shadymohamed]

NitzZ

You got what I meant exactly ,the solution is perfect and also easy for me to understand ,thanks a lot man 😄 .

Thanks again

Regards

Shady