Display Format Utilities
- class pydm.widgets.display_format.DisplayFormat[source]
Display format for showing data in a PyDM widget.
- Binary = 5
Show numerical values in base 2 (binary) notation.
- Decimal = 2
Show numerical values as floating point (base 10, decimal) values.
- Default = 0
The default display format.
- Exponential = 3
Show numerical values in scientific / exponential notation.
- Hex = 4
Show numerical values in base 16 (hexadecimal) notation.
- String = 1
Show the data as a string.
- pydm.widgets.display_format.parse_value_for_display(value: Any, precision: int, display_format_type: int = 0, string_encoding: str = 'utf_8', widget=None)[source]
Format a value to show it in a widget, based on the display format type.
- Parameters:
value (Any) – The value to convert to a string.
precision (int) – Precision of floating point values to use.
display_format_type (int, optional) – Display format type to use.
string_encoding (str, optional) – Encoding to use for strings.
widget (QtWidgets.QWidget, optional) – Widget to get a name from for conversion errors.
- Returns:
Formatted version of
value.- Return type:
str