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how to use variable in defcell

MorrisDH

I am open to suggestions if there is a better way to create a symbol cellview but the following is what I am using.

defcell("realCellName" defSymbol( nil ) )

It works fine for a basic symbol with no pins which is all I need. It creates a symbol cellview under the cell "realCellName".

The following does not work as expected.

cellName = "realCellName"

defcell(cellName defSymbol( nil ))

It creates a new cell named "cellName" instead of parsing the variable. Is it not possible for defcell to recognize variables?

Or maybe there is a better way to create simple symbol cellviews.

Thanks

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  • No, the documentation makes it clear that this must be a literal string. It's not a SKILL function - it's a definition using an s-expression within a TSG file.

    You could of course template it yourself using something like this:

    let(((tsgFile "myfile.tsg") tsgPort cellName tsgTemplate)
      cellName="realCellName"
      tsgPort=outfile(tsgFile)
      tsgTemplate=`defcell(,cellName defSymbol( nil ))
      pprint(tsgTemplate tsgPort)
      newline(tsgPort)
      close(tsgPort)
      ;(tsgFile)
    )

    Andrew

  • in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Created this procedure based on the template. 

    procedure( makeTheSymbol(@key cellName libName)
      let(((tsgFile "myfile.tsg") tsgPort tsgTemplate)
        tsgPort=outfile(tsgFile)
        tsgTemplate=`defcell(,cellName defsymbol( nil ))
        pprint(tsgTemplate tsgPort)
        newline(tsgPort)
        close(tsgPort)
        lmOpenLib(libName)
        load(tsgFile)
      ) ; let
    ) ; procedure

    It appears to work perfectly but I do get a warning.

    *WARNING* TSG: Invalid identifier

    Is that something I should be concerned about?

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  • in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Created this procedure based on the template. 

    procedure( makeTheSymbol(@key cellName libName)
      let(((tsgFile "myfile.tsg") tsgPort tsgTemplate)
        tsgPort=outfile(tsgFile)
        tsgTemplate=`defcell(,cellName defsymbol( nil ))
        pprint(tsgTemplate tsgPort)
        newline(tsgPort)
        close(tsgPort)
        lmOpenLib(libName)
        load(tsgFile)
      ) ; let
    ) ; procedure

    It appears to work perfectly but I do get a warning.

    *WARNING* TSG: Invalid identifier

    Is that something I should be concerned about?

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