Installation manual

1 Publication 1747-RM001G-EN-P - November 2008
Chapter 10
ASCII Instructions
This chapter contains general information about the ASCII instructions and
explains how they function in your application program. Each of the
instructions includes information on:
• what the instruction symbol looks like.
• how to use the instruction.
Table 10.1 ASCII Instruction
Instruction Mnemonic Instruction Name Purpose Page
ABL Test ASCII Buffer for Line Determine the number of
characters in the buffer, up to
and including the user
configured end of line
character(s).
10-6
ACB Number of ASCII
Characters in Buffer
Determine the total number of
characters in the buffer.
10-7
ACI String to Integer Convert a string to an integer
value.
10-8
ACL ASCII Clear
Receive and/or Send Buffer
Clear the receive and/or
transmit buffers.
10-9
ACN String Concatenate Link two strings into one. 10-11
AEX String Extract Extract a portion of a string to
create a new string.
10-12
AHL ASCII Handshake Lines Set or reset modem handshake
lines.
10-13
AIC Integer to String Convert an integer value to a
string.
10-14
ARD ASCII Read Characters Read characters from the input
buffer and place them into a
string.
10-15
ARL ASCII Read Line Read one line of characters from
the input buffer and place them
into a string.
10-17
ASC String Search Search a string. 10-18
ASR ASCII String Compare Compare two strings. 10-19
AWA ASCII Write with Append Write a string with
user-configured character(s)
appended.
10-20
AWT ASCII Write Write a string. 10-22