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choose between two strings

Hi all,

 

I want to choose between two strings and wondered is what i have done the best way of ahieving this. One string is to chooseserial input the other will read a text file.

 

 

Thanks in advance 🙂

 

Rob

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You should probably use a case structure so that you do not read from the serial port when you have chosen to use the file and visa versa.

 

Personally, I would probably just check the file path.  If the path is empty, read from the serial port.  Otherwise read the file.


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