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14 - Advanced Programming Features for Scripts
Variables and Expressions in Scripts
If you omit [index], then the string returns the labware or tube rack barcode
instead of the well or tube barcode.
For example:
$MyTubeRack2[5].ID$ - barcode of tube 5 in tube rack “MyTubeRack2”
$MyTubeRack1.ID$ - barcode for the tube rack “MyTubeRack1”
See 11.7.1 “Assigning a Label (Name) to the Labware”, 11-19.
An alternative syntax is as follows:
$[site_global][index].$
[site_global] is the site number counted for all sites for this labware type on the
worktable, counted from rear to front and then from left to right. It is not the same
as the site number on the carrier. For example, if there are two 3-position MP
carriers on the worktable at grid position 10 and 20, [site_global] = 4 for this carrier
type refers to site 1 of the carrier at grid position 20.
[index] is the well number (for microplates) or tube number (for tube racks).
If you omit [index], then the string returns the labware or tube rack barcode
instead of the well or tube barcode. You must not omit [site_global].
For example:
$Tube 16 mm 16 Pos[2][3].ID$ - barcode of tube 3, second tube rack on the
worktable (tube racks only have one site)
$MP 3Pos[4].ID$ - barcode of the labware at site 1 of the second MP carrier on
the worktable
$MP 3Pos[3][18].ID$ - barcode of well 18 on the labware at site 3 of the first MP
carrier on the worktable
Microplate wells do not normally have barcode labels. Nonetheless, the internal
database of Freedom EVOware provides a barcode attribute field for microplate
wells, too. This can be used for special applications, e.g. sample tracking.
Script example
The following example assumes that there is only one MP carrier on the
worktable.
The label of the labware on site 1 is Labware4.
The label of the labware on site 2 is Labware5.
Fig. 14-14 Example script
Line 1 sets the labware barcode of site 1 to “567”.
Line 2 sets the well barcode of site 2, well 3 to “d123”.
Line 3 copies the labware barcode of site 1 to string variable BC1.
Line 4 displays the string BC1 (= “567”) on the screen.
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