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Defining SKILL Procedures

Defining SKILL Procedures

Published Date -0001-11-30T00:00:00

Defining SKILL Procedures in the Allegro PCB Editor SKILL environment.

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Optional Arguments and Keyword Arguments in SKILL

When creating a user-defined procedure, SKILL provides a mechanism to allow optional arguments, keywork arguments, and an arbitrary number of arguments.
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Grouping SKILL Expressions and Local Variables

Curly brackets and the let() function can be used to group SKILL expressions together and the let() function as the added benefit of allowing you to create local variables.

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