How to read the string value of an mbbo record

[whs92]

I have created an mbbo record:

mbbo_record = builder.mbbOut('SELECTION', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', initial_value = 0)

I would like to access the string value that the pv is set to some time later, but if I do:

mbbo_record.get()

Then I get the enum integer value of the record. How can I get the string?

[Araneidae]

Interesting question. I'm not sure you can, certainly not with mbbo_record.get(), the internal representation of the value is purely as a number. On the other hand, caget(mbbo_record.name, datatype=str) should work, but it is a rather round the houses way of getting at this value.

Really you're not supposed to want the string, or I guess you need to hang onto the string array when creating the record and do the lookup yourself? Definitely don't think there's a way that avoids using (internal) channel access.

[whs92]

you need to hang onto the string array when creating the record and do the lookup yourself

I ended up doing this, it does the job. Thanks!