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13 years ago

Reading a file and storing the data into a record (VHDL)

Super Newb here.... So I am having issues of how to write a function that will input a line and break it into a record. I feel like it is something simple like how to store a line into an array bu...
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13 years ago

Are you sure you've copied this code correctly, there are many errors:

1. You cannot have variables in an architecture

2. You cannot have a while loop outside a process/function/procedure

3. function PARSE_VEC cannot return a "record", it has to return a specfied type.

But yes, you can easily do what you want, basically exactly like chnaideur said. If you can repost your fixed code, and have a good stab, we can help more when you get stuck.