Error 85 occurred at Scan From String (arg4)

[raj177]

I am trying to scan in hexadecimal values and convert it into decimal values from a text file.

The file I am scanning from consists of linessuch as

DSDS S0=00002B5D S1=00002AD5 S2=00001C9E S3=00001050 S4=00000003 S5=D2BF3769

I am trying to convert the S0, S1, S2 , S3, S4 AND S5 to decimal values. But I keep getting "Error 85 occurred at Scan from String (arg4)". I am not sure what I am missing here. I have attached the vi below.

[Darin.K]

Just add '%s ' to the beginning of your format string to grab the start of the string, (make sure you add the space after the %s)

[johnsold]

Putting "DSDS " at the front of the format string works also but is not as flexible as Darin's recommendation.

Lynn

[raj177]

I am not sure what I am doing is right. But where do I exactly add the %s. A image description will be of more help.

[johnsold]

Where you have it is fine.

Lynn

[raj177]

But I am still getting an error " Error 1 occurred at Scan from String -input parameter is invalid"

[johnsold]

I do not get any error and the outputs seem reasonable when I run it using the string you posted in the first post of this thread.

Lynn

[RavensFan]

Using the string you posted in your earlier message in the VI you posted, it works just fine for me.

Are you sure you have a complete, accurate string?  Post your VI with the string that fails saved as the default value in the string control.

PS:  You don't need to wire a constant 0 to all of those inputs.  The default value is already 0.  And the datatype will default to the datatype of the indicator you wire in.

[raj177]

This is the VI I have got. But I still keep getting the error input parameter is invalid. Can you just post the vi you think which works fine so that I can cross check what is the mistake.

[billko]

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@raj177 wrote:

This is the VI I have got. But I still keep getting the error input parameter is invalid. Can you just post the vi you think which works fine so that I can cross check what is the mistake.

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As Raven said above, please post that same VI with typical data saved in the control as default values.