How to check if variable is float or int

martin7404

Hi,
I need some help
Is there a way in meta-commands to check if the curent value of a variable is int or float? my code is like that

while iterations <25000
 	M106 S1.0
	G4 P300
  	if sensors.endstops[0].triggered = false
    	set var.pp1 = {var.pp1+1} ;
		G4 P30
	set var.Aa = {var.Aa+1}
	***if var.Aa = 3125 || 6250 || 9375 || 12500 || 15625 || 18750 || 21875 || 25000*** 
		set var.StartT = {state.time - var.StartT}
		echo state.time
		echo var.Aa
		echo >>"sys/counts" "---------------------------------------------"
		echo >>"sys/counts"  state.time
		echo >>"sys/counts" var.StartT , "Obshto vreme /secundi"
		set var.StartT = {var.StartT/var.Aa}

I need to echo the time on every 3125 cylces . In C I can check whenever a variable is INT
i.e IF var.Aa is Integer and Echo current status on screen/file
is there a way to do this in meta comands

dc42

@martin7404 how about this:

if mod(var.Aa, 3125) = 0
  ...

martin7404

@dc42 thank you I will try.
In the documentation there is only mod command with no explanation and i still do not understand how it works.
I will try it tommorrow thank you

OwenD

@martin7404

mod(x,y) will return the remainder of division.

so
mod(5,2) would return 1
mod (17,3) would return 2
mod(6,3) would return 0

Therefore if mod(var.Aa, 3125) = 0 can only return true if var.Aa is a multiple of 3125
In all other cases there will be a remaining decimal fraction.

In your code, it will never report 25000 as you have set the loop to < 25000
You would need to change it to <=
Also your indentation seems off where you set the two variables, but that may be a copy/paste thing.

martin7404

@owend thank you

martin7404

In the end both versions with boolean or , and with mod comand did not work. Both program stops on the second itteration of 3125.
I ended up using 50 while loops calling the same code in a macro that rins 3125 loops.
This works like a charm

While iterations = 50
M98 P"test"

And the test macro is

While iterations = 3125
..........

OwenD

@martin7404
I'm not sure what you mean by "did not work" and I don't understand your example.

Here's a quick test.

while iterations <= 25000
	if (iterations>0) && (mod(iterations, 3125) = 0)
		echo iterations , " is multiple of 3125"
echo "done"

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martin7404

@owend I see . Most probably it is my mistake, so I did some workaround
In the main program I create a loop calling 50 times a macro that contains 3125 loops of my code with echo in the end