Thanks very much!
George
On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 8:09 AM Jeff Long <willco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Glad it worked.
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 8:28 AM George Edwards <gedwards....@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> Thanks again! The link you sent had the solution. The thing is, I have
>> looked at the link time and time again even before you sent it to me and
>> the problem lies in reading between the lines because the documentation is
>> not very clear. It would be nice if there were examples given inside the
>> link. I knew from experience that doing multiplicity: '4' works, if I
>> desired 4 inputs for example, but this was static and I wanted it to be
>> flexible, so one could set that value inside the GRC block. From the
>> documentation: multiplicity: ${ .... }, I thought ${...} was just a
>> placeholder for me to replace it with the number I wanted ('4' in example
>> above). Now, I understand how to use ${ .... } to pass in parameter
>> values. I used multiplicity: ${n_inputs} and it worked beautifully!
>>
>> Thanks again for the help!
>>
>> Regards,
>> George
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 7:19 PM Jeff Long <willco...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> See https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php/YAML_GRC.
>>>
>>> Also, take a look at yml files for existing blocks that have a variable
>>> number of inputs. For example, the Add block.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 8:09 PM George Edwards <gedwards....@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I have a problem writing the yml file for a variable number of inputs
>>>> to my GRC block. In the OOT Python file, a parameter called n_input is
>>>> passed into the GRC block and I was hoping it would be accessible in the
>>>> yml
>>>> file. In the yml file I wrote:
>>>> parameters:
>>>> - id: n_inputs
>>>> label: Number of Inputs
>>>> dtype: int
>>>> default: 3
>>>>
>>>> inputs:
>>>> - domain: stream
>>>> dtype: complex
>>>> multiplicity: n_inputs
>>>>
>>>> The program fails with message: invalid literal for int() with base 10.
>>>> Then, I tried multiplicity with: int(n_inputs) and 'n_input' which all
>>>> failed. How can I fix this, because if I were to specify a static value for
>>>> example: multiplicity: '5', it works and provides a block with 5
>>>> inputs.
>>>>
>>>> I will appreciate any help offered!
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> George
>>>>
>>>
