Named Parameter Indirection (like arrays of variables in other languages)

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15 Apr 2018 19:10 #109085 by yeltrow
I would like to use arrays so that I can have a custom action run on arbitrary places on a gridded fixture. Imagine milling custom sized pockets for coins in a grid. I run batches of custom jobs so having a standard DEBUGGED program with a parameter area would be very handy. I would like to supply something like
(first coin)
#<n> = 0
#<coin_x[#<n>]> = 1
#<coin_y[#<n>]> = 1
#<coin_dia[<#<n>]> = 1
( second coin)
#<n> = #<n> + 1
#<coin_x[#<n>]> = 3
#<coin_y[#<n>]> = 1
#<coin_dia[<#<n>]> = 1.25
( third coin)
#<n> = #<n> + 1
#<coin_x[#<n>]> = 5
#<coin_y[#<n>]> = 1
#<coin_dia[<#<n>]> = 0.8

Ideally retrieval of the data would be something like G0 X<coin_x[#<n>]> --- but I haven't been able to make that work.

This flat out doesn't work. The calculation of the array index gets taken literally as the parameter name of a named parameter.
What CAN work is using something like

(data size of 3 parameters)
#<d_size> = 3
( user parameter location start of array)
#<d_base> = 500
#<n> = 0
(first coin data)
#[d_base + #<d_size> * #<n> + 0 ] = 1
#[d_base + #<d_size> * #<n> + 1 ] = 1
#[d_base + #<d_size> * #<n> + 2 ] = 1
(next coin data)
#<n> = #<n> + 1
#[d_base + #<d_size> * #<n> + 0 ] = 3
#[d_base + #<d_size> * #<n> + 1 ] = 1
#[d_base + #<d_size> * #<n> + 2 ] = 1.25

(next coin data)
#<n> = #<n> + 1
#[d_base + #<d_size> * #<n> + 0 ] = 5
#[d_base + #<d_size> * #<n> + 1 ] = 1
#[d_base + #<d_size> * #<n> + 2 ] =0.8

retrieval would look something like G0 X#[d_base + #<d_size> * #<n> + 0 ]
(zero is the offset from the start of data block for that coin for the "X" variable. Maybe #<x_var>???)

But that is SO GROSS. Any more elegant solutions? Maybe some O code to get/set parameters?

Thank you for your thoughts!

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15 Apr 2018 21:21 #109094 by Todd Zuercher
You can set up a repeat array with an o-sub and two repeat calls here is an example.
forum.linuxcnc.org/49-basic-configuratio...9-array-offset#47103

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24 Apr 2018 16:01 #109552 by andypugh
You can do indirection with _numbered_ parameters. It is even documented.

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