[beginner] Multiple string controls, one string indicator

[PHF1]

Hello! I started learning labview this week, maybe this is a silly question
I have to indicate if a pressure I entered is normal, low or high using only one string indicator. Can't figure out how to do it...

[RavensFan]

That sounds like a series of comparisons.  Look at the Select function.

[Bob_Schor]

Several "ideas" are common in programming.  One is "repetition" -- do something multiple times.  Another is "choice" -- do only one thing, but "depending on something".

In LabVIEW, some of these "big ideas" are manifested by structures on the "Structures" Palette (well, where else?  Duh!).  Does anything in the top rows suggest an "idea" that will help you with your question?

Bob Schor

[PHF1]

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@RavensFan  escreveu:

That sounds like a series of comparisons.  Look at the Select function.

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I was trying Select but I could only show 2 strings (high or low, high or normal, low or normal). I can't figure out what to do with the third...

[PHF1]

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@Bob_Schor  escreveu:

Several "ideas" are common in programming.  One is "repetition" -- do something multiple times.  Another is "choice" -- do only one thing, but "depending on something".

In LabVIEW, some of these "big ideas" are manifested by structures on the "Structures" Palette (well, where else?  Duh!).  Does anything in the top rows suggest an "idea" that will help you with your question?

Bob Schor

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Don't know if I'll need structures (only know loop yet) here, because I'll enter a pressure value once and it must tell if it's high, low, normal

[RavensFan]

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@PHF1 wrote:

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@RavensFan  escreveu:

That sounds like a series of comparisons.  Look at the Select function.

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I was trying Select but I could only show 2 strings (high or low, high or normal, low or normal). I can't figure out what to do with the third...

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You can put the result of one Select into a 2nd comparison where you get the 3rd.

It's like

If x< low then

   pass along "LOW"

Elseif  x> high

 pass along "HIGH"

Else

 pass along "NORMAL"

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