Text-Based terminology
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 |
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Case Statement | Case Structure |
Char | String |
Declaration | Dataflow |
Do-While Loop | While Loop |
For Loop | 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. |