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Re: Arrays: strange feature ?! [message #20026 is a reply to message #19877]

Fri, 12 May 2000 00:00

marc schellens[1]
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Registered: January 2000

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Benno Puetz wrote:
>
> marc wrote:
>
>> But another more funny 'feature' is this:
>>
>> IDL> print,'abc'
>> abc
>> IDL> print,"abc"
>> abc
>> IDL> print,'777'
>> 777
>> IDL> print,"777"
>>
>> print,"777"
>> ^
>> % Syntax error.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> :-) marc
>
> It's a real feature
>
> IDL> print,"777
> 511
>
> (check the online help for 'octal')
I know, I know...
nevertheless found it funny
one more thing:

IDL> print,'70
70
IDL> print,"70

56

(strings don't need trailing delimiters)

:-) marc

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		Arrays: strange feature ?! By: Nicolas Decoster on Wed, 03 May 2000 00:00
		Re: Arrays: strange feature ?! By: davidf on Tue, 09 May 2000 00:00
		Re: Arrays: strange feature ?! By: Luca Fini on Thu, 04 May 2000 00:00
		Re: Arrays: strange feature ?! By: rshill on Wed, 03 May 2000 00:00
		Re: Arrays: strange feature ?! By: Alex Schuster on Wed, 03 May 2000 00:00
		Re: Arrays: strange feature ?! By: davidf on Fri, 12 May 2000 00:00
		Re: Arrays: strange feature ?! By: davidf on Fri, 12 May 2000 00:00
		Re: Arrays: strange feature ?! By: Nicolas Decoster on Fri, 12 May 2000 00:00
		Re: Arrays: strange feature ?! By: dmarshall on Fri, 12 May 2000 00:00
		Re: Arrays: strange feature ?! By: davidf on Fri, 12 May 2000 00:00
		Re: Arrays: strange feature ?! By: Nicolas Decoster on Fri, 12 May 2000 00:00
		Re: Arrays: strange feature ?! By: marc schellens[1] on Fri, 12 May 2000 00:00
		Re: Arrays: strange feature ?! By: davidf on Thu, 11 May 2000 00:00
		Re: Arrays: strange feature ?! By: Nicolas Decoster on Thu, 11 May 2000 00:00
		Re: Arrays: strange feature ?! By: Benno Puetz on Thu, 11 May 2000 00:00
		Re: Arrays: strange feature ?! By: marc schellens[1] on Thu, 11 May 2000 00:00

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