Text-Based terminology: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:27, 8 May 2020

Many of the Text-based language terminologies have similar counterparts in the G language. Below is a list to help those familiar with text-based languages find the G equivalent.

Text-based Term	G Term
Case Statement	Case Structure
Char	String
Declaration	Dataflow
Do-While Loop	While Loop
For Loop	Functions Palette/Programming/Structures/For Loop
If-Then Statement	Case Structure
If-Then-Else Statement	Case Structure
Operator	Function Nodes
Pointer	To a UI Element: Reference, or Refnum To a memory location: Data Value Reference
Routine	VI or SubVI
Struct	Cluster
Subroutine	SubVI
Switch Statement	Case Structure
Variables	Dataflow
While Loop	Strictly speaking G does not have a While Loop. The While Loop in G acts as a Do-While Loop where checking the condition happens after the iteration of the loop.

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 | To a UI Element: [[Reference data type|Reference, or Refnum]]
 To a memory location: [[Data Value Reference]]
+|-
+| Routine
+| [[VI]] or [[SubVI]]
 |-
 | Struct
 | [[Cluster data type|Cluster]]
+|-
+| Subroutine
+| [[SubVI]]
 |-
 | Switch Statement
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 |-
 | While Loop
-| Strictly speaking [[G]] does not have a While Loop. The [[Functions Palette/Programming/Structures/While Loop|While Loop]] in [[G]] acts as a Do-While Loop.
+| Strictly speaking [[G]] does not have a While Loop. The [[Functions Palette/Programming/Structures/While Loop|While Loop]] in [[G]] acts as a Do-While Loop where checking the condition happens after the iteration of the loop.
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