Hello everyone,

I am trying to create a "filewriter" block in Verilog-A which automatically generates a new file on every simulation run, for the purpose of some Monte Carlo simulations.

I can use the $random function, to generate a random integer, to be used for the unique file name for every run. However I can not figure out how to convert integer to string in Verilog-A. To illustrate, here is an excerpt of what I am trying to do:

parameter real vThreshold = 1.65 ;
//parameter string fileName = "fileName.txt";
parameter string filePath = "/tmp/";
string concat_var;

integer outputFileId;
string fcat;

analog

begin
     
     @(initial_step)
     begin
         fcat = $random;   // Apparently this is not allowed, how do I convert $random to string???
       concat_var = {filePath,fcat}; // Concatinate path and unique file name
         outputFileId = $fopen(concat_var); // Open a file in the specified path with the random name
     end      

     @ (cross(V(CLK) - vThreshold, 1)) // On rising edge of clock begin appending to file
     begin
        $fwrite(outputFileId, "%1.24f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f\n", $realtime, V(vIn[15]),V(vIn[14]),V(vIn[13]),V(vIn[12]),V(vIn[11]),V(vIn[10]),V(vIn[9]),V(vIn[8]),V(vIn[7]),V(vIn[6]),V(vIn[5]),V(vIn[4]),V(vIn[3]),V(vIn[2]),V(vIn[1]),V(vIn[0])     );
        $fflush(outputFileId);
     end
end


It might be extremely simple and embarrasing asking such questions, but I was not able to find a solution over the net, nor the designer's guide manual to Verilog-A.

Regards,
Deyan