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Simulator Command Reference ModelSim EE/PLUS Reference Manual
<expression>
An expression to be evaluated. Optional. If the
-time
argument is present, the expression
will be evaluated at the specified time, otherwise it will be evaluated at the current
simulation time. See "GUI_expression_format" (p236) for the format of the expression.
The expression must be placed within curly braces.
The expression argument to the examine statement can only involve signals that
have been logged in the List window. The signal may be specified by either the
full path, or its shortcut name displayed in the List window (if one has been
specified).
-fullpath
Valid only with the
-time
option. Specifies to match using full signal names. Default is to
use the labels displayed in the List window.
-<radix>
Specifies the radix for the items that follow in the command. Optional. Valid entries
(including unique abbreviations) are:
binary
octal
decimal (default for integers) or signed
hexadecimal
unsigned
ascii
-name
Add display of the name. Optional. Useful for wildcard patterns.
<name>...
Specifies the name of any HDL item. Required (though not used if the
-expr
option is
used). All item types are allowed, except those of the type file. Multiple names and
wildcards are accepted. To examine a VHDL variable you can add a process label to the
name. For example (make certain to use two underscore characters):
exa line__36/i
Examples
examine -time {3450 us} -expr {/top/bus and $bit_mask}
In this example the
-expr
option specifies a signal path from the List window and user-
defined Tcl variable. The expression will be evaluated at 3450us.