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How to find a pin in the layout using SKILL....?

Amit  Biswas
Amit Biswas over 14 years ago

Hi,
I am using the following command to search the pin called "b"  in the layout          
leSearchHierarchy(cv cv~>bBox 0 "pin" list(list("term name" "==" "b"))) 
But the output I am getting is for "*b*" not for "b"  

Any  comment , suggestion will be  deeply appriciated

Regards,
Amit

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    skillUser over 14 years ago

     Hi Amit,

    I believe that the GUI form implicitly adds a "^" to the front and a "$" to the end of the query, but your SKILL code criteria is taken more literally, hence it would find all of the pins that had a "b" in the name.  The simple fix in this case is to change the search expression to "^b$" and you will get just the pins with the name "b".  I tested this in IC5141 and IC61x and it seems that the leSearchHierarchy() function behaves the same in both.

    Best regards,

    Lawrence.

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    skillUser over 14 years ago

     Hi Amit,

    I believe that the GUI form implicitly adds a "^" to the front and a "$" to the end of the query, but your SKILL code criteria is taken more literally, hence it would find all of the pins that had a "b" in the name.  The simple fix in this case is to change the search expression to "^b$" and you will get just the pins with the name "b".  I tested this in IC5141 and IC61x and it seems that the leSearchHierarchy() function behaves the same in both.

    Best regards,

    Lawrence.

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