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11 years ago

Issues reading testvector file using Modelsim

Hello everyone! I am trying to run a testvector from my code using SystemVerilog but I'm having an issue reading the file. My code is as follows: logic testvectors; $readmemb("C:\Users...
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11 years ago

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You might try changing the \ to \\ or /. \ is an escape character in a Verilog string.

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You nailed it right on the head! I changed the code from: 

$readmemb("C:\Users\jbrookley\Desktop\EECS X497.2\Week 5\Q2\w5q2tv.tv",testvectors);

to: 

$readmemb("C:/Users/jbrookley/Desktop/EECS X497.2/Week 5/Q2/w5q2tv.tv",testvectors);

Everything is working great now. Thanks!