Functions in labview

Hy,
I've got a question concerning functions in Labview.
Is it possible to see the *source* of a function ?
I'm working with the "Butterworth filter" and I need to know how it
works *in the inside* :]
Thank,
Maura

On Sat, 10 Jul 1999 23:19:29 GMT, Greg McKaskle
wrote:
>> I've got a question concerning functions in Labview.
>> Is it possible to see the *source* of a function ?
>> I'm working with the "Butterworth filter" and I need to know how it
>> works *in the inside* :]
>>
>
>The majority of the simple DSP functions are, to my understanding,
>taken from the Numerical Recipes in C textbook. If you can get
>your hands on a copy of that book, it will probably be the same,
>or at least a very similar implementation.
>
>Greg McKaskle
Thanks a lor for the info.
So there is no way to get the algorithm directly from labview?

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