Hex concatenating...

[plasmageek]

Thank you! I was completely lost in all this byte/hex talk and was just trying to piece together what seemed like the obvious solution and what I found in other forum posts. This is simple, easy to follow and most importantly IT WORKS!!!

[RavensFan]

Simpler

[billko]

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@RavensFan wrote:

Simpler

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This is the way I usually end up doing it, but I always make sure the output is correct, mostly because I'm paranoid that I will eventually find a case where it doesn't work.

[altenbach · Accepted solution]

I typically slightly complicate it by using a well named typedef (not shown) cluster and "bundle by name".

Advantage:

1. Self-documenting
2. You'll get coercion dots if you wire a constant with the wrong representation
3. Defaults value can be set in the cluster, no need to wire them as constants.
4. etc.

A typedef cluster also makes it easy to go the other way:

(NOT SHOWN: Of course you might want to do some validation, e.g. check the string length, etc. Note that "unflatten from string" would have "error" and "remaining string" outputs and is a little bit safer. Similarly, use "flatten to string". You can even set the byte order.)

[billko]

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@altenbach wrote:

I typically slightly complicate it by using a well named typedef (not shown) cluster and "bundle by name".

Advantage:

1. Self-documenting
2. You'll get coercion dots if you wire a constant with the wrong representation
3. Defaults value can be set in the cluster, no need to wire them as constants.
4. etc.

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Well, yes.  That's really the way I do it, but the general idea was what I was in agreement with.  🙂

[paul_cardinale]

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@altenbach wrote:

I typically slightly complicate it by using a well named typedef (not shown) cluster and "bundle by name".

Advantage:

1. Self-documenting
2. You'll get coercion dots if you wire a constant with the wrong representation
3. Defaults value can be set in the cluster, no need to wire them as constants.
4. etc.

A typedef cluster also makes it easy to go the other way:

(NOT SHOWN: Of course you might want to do some validation, e.g. check the string length, etc. Note that "unflatten from string" would have "error" and "remaining string" outputs and is a little bit safer. Similarly, use "flatten to string". You can even set the byte order.)

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I like to arrange my clusters like this:.

To do that automatically, place the attached file in C:\ ... \LabVIEW ????\Project\.  After that, you'll be able to select the cluster and chose "Arrange Cluster Constant Nicely" from the tools menu.

[billko]

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@paul_cardinale wrote:

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@altenbach wrote:

I typically slightly complicate it by using a well named typedef (not shown) cluster and "bundle by name".

Advantage:

1. Self-documenting
2. You'll get coercion dots if you wire a constant with the wrong representation
3. Defaults value can be set in the cluster, no need to wire them as constants.
4. etc.

A typedef cluster also makes it easy to go the other way:

(NOT SHOWN: Of course you might want to do some validation, e.g. check the string length, etc. Note that "unflatten from string" would have "error" and "remaining string" outputs and is a little bit safer. Similarly, use "flatten to string". You can even set the byte order.)

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I like to arrange my clusters like this:.

To do that automatically, place the attached file in C:\ ... \LabVIEW ????\Project\.  After that, you'll be able to select the cluster and chose "Arrange Cluster Constant Nicely" from the tools menu.

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I just skip all that and use the icon.  At that point, I'm more interested in what it is than what's inside it...

[GerdW]

Hi Paul,

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@paul_cardinale wrote:

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I like to arrange my clusters like this:.

To do that automatically, place the attached file in C:\ ... \LabVIEW ????\Project\.  After that, you'll be able to select the cluster and chose "Arrange Cluster Constant Nicely" from the tools menu.

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Thanks for this VI.

Small bug report: It mostly works, but has problems to align array constants inside the cluster:

[plasmageek]

I love this solution with the added constant to document everything.

Thanks for all the great solutions!