techIsDevice

techIsDevice(
d_instID 
) 
=> t / nil 

Description

Indicates whether the supermaster of the specified instance is defined as a device in the in the current technology database. ASCII technology file location: devices section.

For more information about the devices section, see Technology File Devices in Virtuoso Technology Data ASCII Files Reference.

Arguments

d_instID

The database identifier of the instance.

Value Returned

t	The supermaster of the specified instance is a device.
nil	The technology database does not exist or the cellview is not defined as a device.

Example

instID=dbFindAnyInstByName(cvID "I0")
=> db:0x025c2694

Returns the database identifier for the instance I0 and stores it in instID.

techIsDevice(instID)
=> t

Instantiates the instance identified by instID from a cellview defined as a device in the current technology database.

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