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Section 5-3
Inputting ST Programs
• Certain alphabet characters following a dollar sign ($) are interpreted as
listed in the following table.
Notation
Description
The dollar sign (ASCII 24)
A single quotation mark (ASCII 27)
Line feed (ASCII 0A)
Carriage return + line feed (ASCII 0D 0A)
New page (ASCII 0C)
Carriage return (ASCII 0D)
Tab (ASCII 09)
$$
$’
$L or $l
$N or $n
$P or $p
$R or $r
$T or $t
• When a text string is being stored from the ladder program in an ST function block’s STRING variable, append a NULL character (#00) to the end
of the text string.
Example: Passing string data to the function block STRING variable StrX:
Ladder program that stores "123456" in STRING variable StrX:
MOV #3132 D100
MOV #3334 D101
MOV #3536 D102
MOV #0000 D103
Attach a NULL character (#00) at the end.
STRING data is stored to the function block by the ladder program above.
D100
5-3-2
(STRING)
StrX
(STRING)
StrX
D100
CX-Programmer's ST Input Screen Display
Text Display Color
The CX-Programmer automatically displays text in the following colors when it
is input or pasted in the ST Input Screen.
• Text keywords (reserved words): Blue
• Comments: Green
• Errors: Red
• Other: Black
Changing Fonts
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To change font sizes or display colors, select Tools - Options, click the
Appearance Tab, and then click the ST Font Button. The font name, font size
(default is 8 point), and color can be changed.