CANoe Value Ranges of the Data Types

Limitation of Lengths

Object	Limitation of Length	Note
strings	—	Version 4.0...6.0 256 characters, previously 79 characters.
CANdb (signal names in LDF files)	maximum: 128 characters	With longer names, only 128 characters are taken into account.*
CANdb (environment variable names)	maximum: 80 characters	With longer names, only 80 characters are taken into account.*
CANdb (other object names)	maximum: 32 characters	With longer names, only 32 characters are taken into account.*
names of variables/functions	maximum: 128 characters	Starting with CANoe Version 5.2. Version 4.1-5.1 50 characters, previously 32 characters. With longer names, only 128 characters are taken into account.
line length	—	Up to and including CANoe Version 4.1: when compiling from CANoe no limitation. When compiling from the CAPL Browser, maximum 253 characters per line. Starting with version 5.0: unlimited overall

Value Ranges

Number of bits, signed/unsigned by integral data types:

Object	Limitation in bytes	Value Range	Note
char	1 byte	-128...+127	C/C++: char
byte	1 byte	0...255	C/C++: unsigned char
int	2 bytes	-32768...+32767	C/C++: short
word	2 bytes	0...65535	C/C++: unsigned short
long	4 bytes	-2147483648 ...+2147483647	C/C++: long
dword	4 bytes	0...4294967295	C/C++: unsigned long
int64	8 bytes	-9223372036854775808 ...9223372036854775807	C/C++: long long
qword	8 bytes	0... 18446744073709551615 (0xffffffffffffffff)	C/C++: unsigned long long

Display of floats (64-bit IEEE-float):

Object	Limitation in bytes	Value Range	Note
double, float	8 bytes	-1.7E +/- 308 ...+1.7E +/- 308	C/C++: double

Limitation of Lengths and Numbers

Object	Limitation	Note
function names in CAPL DLLs	maximum length: 20 characters	when using CAPL_DLL_INFO
	maximum length: 50 characters	when using CAPL_DLL_INFO2 * when using CAPL_DLL_INFO3 *
parameters in CAPL functions	maximum number: 64	Intrinsic functions and functions in CAPL DLLs. Maximum parameter number up to and including CANoe version 8.0: 10.
databases that can be assigned to a node	unlimited number	—
CAPL DLLs that can be assigned to a node	unlimited number	—
case in switch instructions	unlimited number	Starting with CANoe Version 6.0, previously 97.

Data Types for Variables

数据转换：

  {
  // Float32 转 U32
    float in_float = 123.456;   
    dword out_dword;   
    out_dword = interpretAsDword(in_float);    
    write("out_dword =0x%x, ",out_dword);  
  }
		
  {
      //U32 转 Float32
    dword in_dword = 0x42f6e979;  
    float out_float;
    out_float = interpretAsFloat(in_dword);    
    write("out_float =%.3f, ",out_float);  
  }

out_dword =0x42f6e979, 
out_float =123.456001, 

数据转换计算平台：

IEEE-754 Floating Point Converter