INT to Dint UDT

I have a MSG from a PLC5 that I need to get into a UDT. I don't like using 16 MOVe anybody got a better way of doing it?

Just out of curiosity... what's wrong with 16 MOVe's??

big and clunky.
I have to track 130 groups of 16 INTs over 24 hrs. I want to use a UDT to pack all of this info into a group that mean something.

If you have a DINT array in the UDT and you do a copy then you'll just end up with some funny numbers. However you could use a single FAL instruction to move from the INT array used by the message instruction into a DINT array in a UDT. If the UDT doesn't employ a DINT array though then 16 MOVs will be the best.

Bear in mind that although its a tiny bit more work for you, its sixes when it comes to the work the processor does. More keystrokes have probably been used in this thread than in programming 16 MOVs.


(edit - since you posted while I was typing I see that you are working with 130 groups. In that case I would create a subroutine (or maybe an AOI) where I passed in the UDT and array and then returned the UDT.)