nlPrintInst

nlPrintInst( 
o_formatter 
o_instance 
) 
=> t / nil

Description

Prints the netlist statement for an instance. This is the default netlist procedure for a component.

It prints the following:

• • instance comments by calling nlPrintInstComments
  • a string to indent (for the top-level circuit, this is an empty string; for subcircuits, this is the value of the subcktIndentString netlist option.)
  • instance name
  • signals
  • model name
  • instance parameters in name=value pairs.

If a netlist procedure is specified as a netlistProcedure in the CDF simInfo, that procedure is called instead of nlPrintInst.

The end of the instance line, \n, is not printed by this method or the netlist procedure. The end of the line is printed by the nlPrintInstEnd method.

Arguments

o_formatter	The formatter object.
o_instance	The object representing the instance.

Value Returned

t	The netlist statement is printed.
nil	There is an error.

Examples

The following example prints the netlist statement:

defmethod( nlPrintInst ((formatter nlAnalogFormatter) inst)
nlPrintInstComments( formatter inst)
nlPrintIndentString( nlGetNetlister( formatter ))
nlPrintInstName( formatter inst)
nlPrintInstSignals( formatter inst)
nlPrintModelName( formatter inst)
nlPrintInstParameters( formatter inst)
=> t
)

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