Option to have While Loop Auto - Stop if a wired input array has indexing enabled.

[Michael.Proctor]

Perhaps this could be handled by having an "exit" out of a For Loop

but I think it make more sense to have the

option to have While Loop Auto - Stop if a wired array input has indexing enabled.

This would save diagram space to catch an infinite loop.

Either a right-click on the "Enable indexing" icon of the array input or a right click on the Stop if True or Stop if False icon to

change it to Purple or Orange to indicate the while loop is also enabled to stop when input array has reached its array size.

[tst]

The for loop has had the option of an early stop since LV 8.5, just like you suggested in your first sentence  - just right click the loop and check Conditional Terminal in the context menu. Is that not good enough?

[SteveChandler]

I must be missing something. How would this idea be different from using a for loop?

[Michael.Proctor]

Nice, I don't have to wait for NI to implement.

The difference from a for loop is that for a very large array, once you have found what you are looking for

you can break out of the loop and no need to cycle through the next 10,000 points.

[RavensFan]

So do you agree that this idea can be closed as Already Implemented as a For Loop with the conditional stop terminal enabled?

[AristosQueue (NI)]

The previous posts note that LV already has this feature (a loop that stops either on condition or on the end of indexing an array). Just in case you don't know how to turn it on, I've included the picture below. I am going to have this idea closed as Complete.

[Michael.Proctor]

oh agree very much it can be closed as complete.

Sorry not to have stated that so clearly previously

[G-Money]

I am going to close this idea as Declined because Completed is reserved for ideas posted here that R&D implements specifically because of the customer idea.

[G-Money]

Functionality already in LabVIEW