Global Variables

Use the following syntax to define variables:

type PAtoolsVariable_1, ... , PAtoolsVariable_n

The variables (PAtoolsVariable_1, ... , PAtoolsVariable_n) must match the variable names that you use in your test.

Use one of the following simple data types as the type:

int32—Integer

int32[]—Integer field

real64—Floating-point number

real64[]—Floating-point number field

text—Text

buffer—Field with numeric content or text

pabasic—PAbasic

Variant[]—Corresponds to a value table in PAtools

In addition to the simple data types, corresponding data types for various other PAtools types are available in PAscript. Refer to Data Types for information about other PAscript data types.

The section globals code block is closed with an endsection keyword.

• The section globals code block is optional in a PAscript program. You can omit the section globals code block from the test if you do not require global variables.
• In a PAscript program, there can be only one section globals code block.
• Create global variables with copy and paste. You can also use drag and drop to create global variables.
• You are not required to specify dimensions in texts, value tables, and buffers. The dimensions are derived from the definition in the test.
• You can add descriptions to the right of each variable definition using comment notation of // or /* ... */. The editor displays the description when you toggle over a variable.
• You cannot use histories, measurements, or DSO in PAscript.
• You cannot assign an initialization value to global variables in PAscript. Global variables contain their current values from the test execution at the time you call the PAscript program.

program
    section globals
        int32 a, b
        int32 c /* comment description for variable c */
        real64 d // comment description for variable d
        pabasic pabasicProgram
    endsection
endprogram