Carriage returns in MAAB Guideline

Greeting all,

I read MAAB Guideline,and can't understand the "3.2.4 jc_0231:usable characters for block names".

All name blocks should conform to the following constraints.
"carriage return are allowed" <- what's meaning?

Could anyone give me an example?thanks

[Walter Roberson]

MAAB: you are referring to http://www.mathworks.com/automotive/standards/maab.html ?

And in particular to http://www.mathworks.com/help/toolbox/simulink/mdl_gd/jc_0231usablecharactersforblocknames.html ?

Cross-reference: http://blogs.mathworks.com/seth/2011/03/29/invalid-simulink-object-name/

Answer 1

[Kaustubha Govind]

I think it means that the carriage return character (\r) is allowed as part of a block name. If you're not familiar with the phrase "carriage return", please see the Wikipedia page.

[K E]

Just curious why carriage returns in a block name are a good idea? Perhaps because in a complex Simulink model (for example of an automobile engine), one might have long block names that need to be broken up by a carriage return.

[Kaustubha Govind]

KE: Yes, I do think that it is to accommodate long block names, but I'm not sure. In fact, a few blocks in the Simulink library use either a newline/carriage-return character, for example, Enumerated Constant, Repeating Sequence, etc.