hello, new to CODESYS.

I've learned how to pack an array with addresses so i can indirectly address them a use them in loops. the problem i have now is that i dont understand how to unpack the array to an output address.

example:
{putting stuff in an array}
CH0ReadDataArray AT %IW12 : ARRAY[0..127] OF BYTE;
WordArray : ARRAY[0..127] OF WORD

{pack Bytes into Words}
for i:0 to 127 do
WordArray[i]:=(BYTE_TO_WORD(CH0ReadDataArray[i])*256)+BYTE_TO_WORD(CH0ReadDataArray[i]);
end for;

Now how do i fill %QW406 through %QW469 with the contents of WordArray[0..127]??????

PS. i want to do this quickly and efficiently. i don't want to:
%QW406 := WordArray[0];
%QW407 := WordArray[1];
.
.
.
etc.

Originally created by: scott_cunningham

Something like the code below should work. Double check that your pointer math is working correctly and you don’t go one too many points in the loop, etc.

PWrd : POINTER TO WORD;
pWrd := ADR(%QW406);
FOR J := 0 TO 127 DO
   pWrd^ := WordArray[J];
   pWrd := pWrd + SIZEOF(WORD);
END_FOR

Code not tested and from memory!

PS execution time is actually longer than if you explicitly list out all of the assignments like you don’t want to.