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AFFECT(3)							 GENPAT functions							 AFFECT(3)

NAME
       AFFECT, GENPAT Package

ORIGIN
       This  software  belongs	to  the  ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Universite Pierre et Marie CURIE, in
       Paris, France.

       Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/
       E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr

SYNOPSIS
       AFFECT ("pattern_date", "ident", "value");

PARAMETERS
       pattern_date
		 : pattern date which may be either : integer (absolute date) or + integer (relative date, the date of the current  pattern  (last
		 modified  using  INIT or AFFECT) is the reference). All dates are supposed to be expressed in the same time unit which may be set
		 only once using SETTUNIT.

       ident	 Either the name of a bused signal or a scalar. Vectors must be referenced with their names only, or bit per bit. For example,	if
		 b(3 downto 0) exists, you can affect "b", "b(3)" or "b 3".  Path-name must be specified by the syntax : instance1.instance11.name

       value	 The  value associated with the signal which may be either a based number (ex. binary: 0b011 ,hexa:  0x3F, octal: 0o56) or a deci-
		 mal number. Unknown value (value where a '*' appears), can be used when dealing with an  output,  a  signal,  a  register  or	an
		 input/output  when  this last one is to be tested.  Star ('*') can appears everywhere in a BASED number, but the result will be a
		 "full star" value. (For example, "0B0*10" and "0B***" would give the same result.) AFFECT is doing automatically the  transforma-
		 tion  of  the value into a "forced" value or a "tested" value except for the bidirectional connectors affectation. When and bidi-
		 rectional is to be tested, a '?' character must be added before the value (example : "?0x45f*" instead of "0x45f*").

DESCRIPTION
       "Affect" a value to a signal. This value will be apllied to the signal, at the specified simulation date, until the end of  the	simulation
       or  until  a new value is affected to the signal. Beware : Inputs have to be affected at the begining of the simulation (first pattern at 0
       ps). By default, signals (except Inputs) are affected with a "full star" value at the first pattern.

       This fonction also set the current pattern.

EXAMPLES
       SETTUNIT("ps");
       AFFECT ("5", "b", "0B1");
       result : 	   b
       <      5 ps> :.....1...;

       At simulation date 0 ps the signal b(3 downto 0) receives the value "0001".  This value will be kept until the end of the simulation if	no
       more affectation is made.

       SETTUNIT("ns");
       AFFECT ("0", "b", "0B0");
       AFFECT ("2", "b", "0B1");
       result : 	   b
       <      0 ns> :.....0...;
       <      2 ns> :.....1...;

SEE ALSO
       genpat(1), pat(5)

BUG REPORT
       This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory.
       We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools.

ASIM
/LIP6							  October 1, 1997							 AFFECT(3)