Run Keyword If has invalid syntax - robotframework

Why is the following Robot statement complaining about 'Convert To Integer' keyword is invalid syntax? Thanks
Run Keyword If Convert To Integer ${packets_2} <= Convert To Integer ${packets_1}
... FAIL ${\n}[FAILED] Packets 2 not greater than packets 1.
... ${\n}packets_time1: ${packets_1} ${\n}packets_time2: ${packets_2}

You cannot call a keywords as the condition for Run Keyword If. The first argument is expected to be a python expression. Since you're trying to do a comparison of an integer, you can do that directly in the expression like so:
Run keyword if int('${packets_2}') <= int('${packets_1})
... FAIL \n[FAILED] Packets 2 not greater than packets 1
The other problem is that you are supplying two other arguments: ${\n}packets_time1: ${packets_1} and ${\n}packets_time2: ${packets_2}. It's not clear what you think those are for. I'm guessing you want them as part of the error message. If that's the case, it will have to be all on one line or else robot will think they are extra arguments to the FAIL keyword.
Run keyword if int('${packets_2}') <= int('${packets_1})
... FAIL \n[FAILED] Packets 2 not greater than packets 1\n$packets_time1: ${packets_1}\npackets_time2: ${packets_2}

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UNIX - Until loop condition expects integer from a string?

So, I have some code which is supposed to check whether a pre-check sequence has completed before I begin patching a server. I'm doing this by using an until loop and as the condition, I have a flag set to true. When the flag is set to false that means that the pre-checks are done and I can now proceed out of the until loop.
The problem is I get stuck in an infinite loop and I get an error message saying [: true: integer expression expected
I continually call a URL to conduct my checks, and it returns a file which I save. An example extract from that file would be:
inProgress":true,"status":"IN_PROGRESS","preCheckMessages":[],"precheckResultItems":[]}
The part I need to extract from this is the value from the inProgress field (which could be 'true' or 'false'). I then use this value to compare to my flag. So I extract the value from the inProgress field.
The section of code causing me an issue is as follows:
inProgress="true"
until [ "$inProgress" -eq "false" ]
do
long_URL_goes_here > jobIdCheck.txt
inProgress=$(grep -o 'inProgress.*$' jobIdCheck.txt)
word="inProgress\":"
tempVar=${inProgress##${word}}
inProgress=${tempVar%%,*}
echo inProgress value = ${inProgress}
done
echo "Pre-checks complete. Ready to apply patch"
This is where I hit the infinite loop with the error message saying [: true: integer expression expected. (I never see the "Pre-checks complete message")
But I don't understand why it would be expecting an integer? Surely the string comparison should suffice?
Is the fact that the value true in the inProgress field ISN'T encapsulated in double quotes important?
Any help will be greatly received.

What is wrong with my message passing example?

I am attempting to send a message from one process that I spawned to another for an assignment, I feel like I am very close here, but I think my syntax is just a bit off:
-module(assignment6).
-export([start/1, process1/2, process2/0, send_message/2]).
process1(N, Pid) ->
Message = "This is the original Message",
if
N == 1 ->
timer:sleep(3000),
send_message(Pid, Message);
N > 1 ->
timer:sleep(3000),
send_message(Pid, Message),
process1(N-1, Pid);
true ->
io:fwrite("Negative/0, Int/Floating-Point Numbers not allowed")
end.
process2() ->
recieve
Message ->
io:fwrite(Message),
io:fwrite("~n");
end.
send_message(Pid, Message) ->
Pid ! {Message}.
start(N) ->
Pid = spawn(assignment6, process2, []),
spawn(assignment6, process1, [N, Pid]).
The goal of this program is that the Message, will be printed out N times when the function is started, but be delayed enough so that I can hot-swap the wording of the message mid-run. I just can't quite get the Message to process2 for printout.
Four small things:
It's spelled receive, not recieve
Remove the semicolon in process2. The last clause in a receive expression does not have a terminating semicolon. You can see this in the if expression in process1: the first two clauses end with a semicolon, but the third one does not.
In process2, print the message like this:
io:fwrite("~p~n", [Message])
Since Message is a tuple, not a string, passing it as the first argument to io:fwrite causes a badarg error. Let's ask io:fwrite to format it for us instead.
process2 should probably call itself after printing the message. Otherwise, it will receive one message and then exit.
So now you can run the code, and while it's running you can load a new version of the module with a different message (so called "hot code swapping"). Will that change the message being printed? Why / why not?
It won't. process1 does a local call to itself, which means that it stays in the old version of the module. Do an external call instead (explicitly specifying the module: assignment6:process1(N-1, Pid)), and it will switch to the new version.

KEYWORD_SET in IDL

I am new to IDL and find the KEYWORD_SET difficult to grasp. I understand that it is a go no go switch. I think its the knocking on and off part that I am having difficulty with. I have written a small program to master this as such
Pro get_this_done, keyword1 = keyword1
WW=[3,6,8]
PRINT,'WW'
print,WW
y= WW*3
IF KEYWORD_Set(keyword1) Then BEGIN
print,'y'
print,y
ENDIF
Return
END
WW prints but print, y is restricted by the keyword. How do I knock off the keyword to allow y to print.
Silly little question, but if somebody can indulge me, it would be great.
After compiling the routine, type something like
get_this_done,KEYWORD1=1b
where the b after the one sets the numeric value to a BYTE type integer (also equivalent to TRUE). That should cause the y-variable to be printed to the screen.
The KEYWORD_SET function will return a TRUE for lots of different types of inputs that are basically either defined or not zero. The IF loop executes when the argument is TRUE.
Keywords are simply passed as arguments to the function:
get_this_done, KEYWORD1='whatever'
or also
get_this_done, /KEYWORD1
which will give KEYWORD1 the INT value of 1 inside the function. Inside the function KEYWORD_SET will return 1 (TRUE) when the keyword was passed any kind of value - no matter whether it makes sense or not.
Thus as a side note to the question: It often is advisable to NOT use KEYWORD_SET, but instead resort to a type query:
IF SIZE(variable, /TNAME) EQ 'UNDEFINED' THEN $
variable = 'default value'
It has the advantage that you can actually check for the correct type of the keyword and handle unexpected or even different variable types:
IF SIZE(variable, /TNAME) NE 'LONG' THEN BEGIN
IF SIZE(variable, /TNAME) EQ 'STRING' THEN $
PRINT, "We need a number here... sure that the cast to LONG works?"
variable = LONG(variable)
ENDIF

wire in always block/case statement - Verilog

Following is a sample code that uses case statement and always #(*) block. I don't get how the always block is triggered and why it works even when x is declared as wire.
wire [2:0] x = 0;
always #(*)
begin
case (1'b1)
x[0]: $display("Bit 0 : %0d",x[0]);
x[1]: $display("Bit 1 : %0d",x[1]);
x[2]: $display("Bit 2 : %0d",x[2]);
default: $display("In default case");
endcase
end
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
As we know, reg can be driven by a wire, we can definitely use a wire as the right hand side of the assignment in any procedural block.
Here, your code checks which bit of x is 1'b1 (of course giving priority to zeroth bit). Lets say x changes to 3'b010. Then, Bit 1 shall be displayed and so on. Now, if x=3'b011 then Bit 0 is displayed since zeroth bit is checked first.
As you can see, there is no assignment to x, the procedural block only reads its value. Moreover, the system task $display also reads the value of x.
There is no change of signal value from this block. Hence, this code works fine. If, by chance, we had something like x[0] = ~x[0] instead of $display, then this code shall provide compilation issues.
More information can be found at this and this links.
Here, this always block does not assign a value to a x, but it just checks a value of x. So it's a legal use of wire.
So, the explanation to the part of your question about how always #(*) is triggered is as follows :
"Nets and variables that appear on the right-hand side of assignments, in subroutine calls, in case and conditional expressions, as an index variable on the left-hand side of assignments, or as variables in case item expressions shall all be included in always #(*)."
Ref: IEEE Std 1800-2012 Sec 9.4.2.2
As an extension of #sharvil111's answer, if your code was something like this
always #(*)
begin
case (sel)
x[0]: $display("Bit 0 : %0d",x[0]);
x[1]: $display("Bit 1 : %0d",x[1]);
x[2]: $display("Bit 2 : %0d",x[2]);
default: $display("In default case");
endcase
end
The procedural block would be triggered whenever there is a change in sel signal or x i.e. it would be equivalent to always #(sel or x).

How do I properly perform modulus operations in Batch?

I'm trying to write a batch file that performs operations depending on the result of a modulus operation performed on a set variable. However, I can't seem to get it quite right.
To first of all test my syntax for the mathematical operation, I've been trying to get a simpler script to produce desired results.
:START
SETLOCAL
SET /P Input-Num="Input Number: "
SET /A Input-Num=%Input-Num% %% 2
ECHO %Input-Num%
ENDLOCAL
PAUSE
:END
If I input 5, the expected output is 1. However, instead I get a message saying Missing operator. and then it outputs 5.
What am I doing wrong here?
Using SET /P is your problem, as 5 is no longer treated as a numerical value. Your example as above works as expected

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