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SERIAL WRITE

This command allows you to write one or more bytes, up to a whole string, to the serial port. The simplest syntax is to write a variable to the serial port: in this case, the command will send the exact number of bytes needed to the serial port. To ensure that the actual size is respected, it is possible to indicate the type of data to be considered. Finally, in the case of data types larger than a byte, it is possible to indicate the endianess with which the data will be sent to the serial port.



This instruction allows you to write one or more bytes to the standard serial connection. The instruction will return FALSE if any error occurs.

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SYNTAX

 = SERIAL WRITE( variable [AS type] ) [BIG ENDIAN|LITTLE ENDIAN]
 SERIAL WRITE variable [AS type] [BIG ENDIAN|LITTLE ENDIAN]
 = SERIAL WRITE( data )
 = SERIAL WRITE( size )


Legend
  • id : identifier
  • type : datatype
  • v : value
  • "..." : string
  • [...] : optional

EXAMPLE

 result = SERIAL WRITE( 42 AS BYTE )
 result = SERIAL WRITE( "test" )
 result = SERIAL WRITE( 1 )


ABBREVIATION: SErW#

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In order to reduce space you can use this abbreviation for this instruction: 

SERIAL WRITE ↔ SErW#

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