Re: access to array elements

[Steven M Beard <S.Beard@roe.ac.uk>]

On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, William Lupton wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
>   Would there be any interest in supporting an array element syntax in some
> or all of the CA clients? For example, dm might support xxx[0] as the first
> value of xxx and xxx[1] as the second. This would allow arrays to be used for
> things like (X,Y) positions.
> 
>   William

Yes, I would find such a syntax useful. It could, for example, be used by
a channel access client to sample elements from a list of items installed
in an instrument (such as filters on a filter wheel), or it could be used
to step through a lookup table contained in an EPICS database. 

If it is possible, I would like to see string arrays handled as well as
numerical arrays. 

Steven

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