DS Question with the GET ALLIANCE function

[fritzdejongh]

get alliance worked for my team at midwest regional, for choosing which flag orientation to go after. We displayed the alliance setting in our dashboard so we could verify it was set correctly. Out of paranoia, our programmers allocated joystick buttons to override in case the field system didn't work, but they didn't need them.

[Norton]

I would like to know what does the function GET ALLIANCE returns in the alliance output, anyone knows a number, a bolean a string ???
if my team is RED it returns 1? or 0? or RED?
thanks

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by Norton

I would like to know what does the function GET ALLIANCE returns in the alliance output, anyone knows a number, a bolean a string ???
if my team is RED it returns 1? or 0? or RED?
thanks

It returns an "enum" of either "Red" or "Blue".

To see this your self, put the vi into your project. Connect the output you want to a case structure. Hit "Ctrl+H" to bring up the Context Help, then put your cursor over the output of interest.