User`s guide

Agilent EasyEXPERT User’s Guide Vol. 1, Edition 1 5- 3
Built-in Programming Tool
Variables and Expressions
Variables and Expressions
Variables can be used in Agilent EasyEXPERT setup editor for the following
applications. User functions and analysis functions can also be used for variables.
• To store the value of the measurement condition input parameter
• To store the value of the measurement result data or analysis data
• Variable used in the test execution flow of the Application Test definition
• User function of the Classic Test definition
• Analysis function of the Classic Test definition
The following characters can be used for the variable name.
• Alphabetic characters A to Z and a to z, case sensitive
• _ (underscore)
• Numeric characters 0 to 9
• @ (at mark)
Numeric characters and at mark cannot be used for the first character of variable
name.
NOTE About variable names
The variable name must be unique. If a variable is defined as a local variable in an
application test definition and its name is the same as one of the following variables,
the local variable is effective and the following variable is not effective.
• variable that defines a built-in function in a test setup
• variable that defines a read-out function in a test setup
• variable defined as a test parameter
• variable defined as a device parameter
• variable defined as an analysis parameter
The local variables are defined by using the Local Variable Definition statement in
the Test Contents setup displayed on the Test Definition window. The test
parameters and the device parameters are defined in the Test Specification setup,
and the analysis parameters are defined in the Test Output setup.