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Labview Datatype CTL: Block - Diagram

Clusters in LabVIEW allow grouping of different data types, similar to records or structs in other languages. Clusters eliminate wire clutter by bundling multiple data elements into a single terminal, and can contain more than 28 controls or indicators by assigning a cluster to a connector pane terminal. Clusters appear as either controls or indicators on the front panel, containing only one type of element, and their color provides information about the data types within, with brown indicating fixed-size numeric types and pink indicating variable sizes.

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Labview Datatype CTL: Block - Diagram

Clusters in LabVIEW allow grouping of different data types, similar to records or structs in other languages. Clusters eliminate wire clutter by bundling multiple data elements into a single terminal, and can contain more than 28 controls or indicators by assigning a cluster to a connector pane terminal. Clusters appear as either controls or indicators on the front panel, containing only one type of element, and their color provides information about the data types within, with brown indicating fixed-size numeric types and pink indicating variable sizes.

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A cluster is a LabVIEW datatype that groups data elements of mixed types.

A cluster is similar to a record or a struct in text-based programming languages. Clusters can be stored solitarely in a ctl. Bundling several data elements into clusters eliminates wire clutter on the block diagram and reduces the number of connector pane terminals that subVIs need. The connector pane has, at most, 28 terminals. If a front panel contains more than 28 controls and indicators that you want to use programmatically, you can group some of them into a cluster and assign the cluster to a terminal on the connector pane. Like an array, a cluster is either a control or an indicator. A cluster cannot contain a mixture of controls and indicators. The color of the cluster on the Block_Diagram gives some insight on the included data-types. A brown cluster consists of numeric data types and numerical actions as 'plus', 'minus' and others can be applied to the cluster directly. Additionally the size of the cluster (bytewise) is fixed. A pink cluster has a variable size because of the use of (for instance) strings or arrays.

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