Macro Language: Control Commands
if <expr> <operator> <expr>
else
endif
Executes the commands between
if ...
and else
if the condition is true. If the condition is false it executes the commands between else
and endif
. Possible operators are ==
, !=
, >
, <
, >=
, <=
for numerical comparison and eq
, ne
for string comparison. It is not possible to define if,else,endif statements inside another if
, else
, endif
statements.
if <expr> <operator> <expr>
else
endif
Executes the commands between
if ...
and else
if the condition is true. If the condition is false it executes the commands between else
and endif
. Possible operators are ==
, !=
, >
, <
, >=
, <=
for numerical comparison and eq
, ne
for string comparison. It is not possible to define if,else,endif statements inside another if
, else
, endif
statements.
if <expr> <operator> <expr>
else
endif
Executes the commands between
if ...
and else
if the condition is true. If the condition is false it executes the commands between else
and endif
. Possible operators are ==
, !=
, >
, <
, >=
, <=
for numerical comparison and eq
, ne
for string comparison. It is not possible to define if,else,endif statements inside another if
, else
, endif
statements.
loop <RANGE>
Starts a loop for the given range. The running variable for the loop command is
l
. It is not possible to define loops inside another loop.
bufferloop <BUFFER>
Starts a loop for the given buffer numbers. The running variable for the loop command is
l
. It is not possible to define buffer loops inside another loop.
dataloop <buffer>
Starts a loop for all data points in the given buffer. The running variable for the loop command is
l
, in this case the same as the point number in the buffer. During the loop the variables lx
, ly
, lxe
, lye
contains the values of the corresponding data point. It is not possible to define data loops inside another loop.
endloop
The endpoint of a
loop
, bufferloop
or dataloop
command.
timer <interval> [count]
Set a timer on the current macro. The macro will be executed every <interval> seconds. With [count] the timer can be stopped after that number of executions. The variable
timercount
contains a counter of executions.
stoptimer
Stop a running timer.
perltimeout <seconds>
Set the timeout for inline Perl execution in macros. Default is 10 seconds.