need help to split a string

[aro1]

Hello All,

I am getting data like -4.11139E-06-2.20064E-013.15263E+01-1.18792E-05-3.72294E-025.50947E+024.60728E-05-1.00468E-01-1.07451E-08431-50-628-03.

I want to split this string to 

a = -4.11139E-06

b = -2.20064E-01

c =  3.15263E+01

d = -1.18792E-05

e = -3.72294E-02

f = 5.50947E+02

g = 4.60728E-05

h = -1.00468E-01

i = -1.07451E-08

Then ignore 431-50-628-03 from the output. 

Thank you very much in advance.

[ben64 · Accepted solution]

try this

EDIT: remove the ? from the string.

Ben64

[wiltdavi]

What are you getting that output from?  Maybe we can fix it before you get it as this string.

[Steve_G]

Hi,

The good thing is that the numbers in the string all have the same format - they end in E+xy or E-xy.  So you can search for the E and then extract the next three values.  Then put the remaining string into a shift register of a While loop and iterate on it until there are no more E's.  Take a look at my example.

Steve

[aro1]

All,

Thanks for the assistance. The proposed solutions from Ben64 and Steve_G are pricesly what I was looking for.

Ben64, just a note, the code works like I want it to with the "?". When the "?" is excluded, about 3 of the last elements are not picked

[ben64]

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Ben64, just a note, the code works like I want it to with the "?". When the "?" is excluded, about 3 of the last elements are not picked

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I was talking about the ? in the string control on the front panel, not the ? in the string constant on the block diagram.

Ben64

[aro1]

Oh, you did not attach a VI, or screenshot of the front panel, to your initial response. So I could not tell exactly what you had in the string control. I just used my values.

[ben64]

The picture is a snippet, you can drag and drop it in a block diagram to recreate the VI (note that you may have to copy it on your desktop, or somewhere else, before moving it to a block diagram.

Ben64 

[aro1]

Oh that's a useful and convenient feature. Thank you for pointing that out.