A variable name may be used to identify a translation string. In this case the variable must be assigned at the head of the algorithm, before the ALG assignment. A translation variable assignment consist of a variable name, followed by a ':' followed by the translation string in quotes. For example, the following assigns translations for two devices:
bsy_12b1 : "BSY_12B1_IC TRIPPED" endpic : "BSY_PC99_IC (at end-of-linac) TRIPPED"The variable name can then be used in place of the quoted literal in a translation. Continuing the example of their use in device operand equalities:
NEWRATE = "ZERORATE"
MPS.AB01.20."12IC" == "OK" {bsy_12b1} &
MPS.AB01.20."IC0" == "OK" &
MPS.AB01.20."IC99" == "OK" {endpic}
;
It is a good idea to put identifier assignments in include files so that algorithms can share them.