The following script can be part of /online_dir/TkIrc.pl. The function returns a string. In practice the string may be constructed from some values that are created at run-time.
sub Spectra::fio_parameters { my ($status, $ret, $line); $line = ""; foreach my $adr( qw( 10 11 12)) { gpib_write( $adr, "U0X"); $status = gpib_read( $adr, 30); $ret = substr( $status, 24, 3); $line .= " K_$adr = $ret \n"; } return $line; }