| Re: Cell Arrays [message #20617] |
Mon, 10 July 2000 00:00 |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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J.D. Smith (jdsmith@astro.cornell.edu) writes:
>> Interestingly enough, this requirement was what pushed me
>> to use unrealized base widgets as pointers all those many
>> years ago. I had an array of unrealized base widgets, each
>> with a numerical array of a different size stored in the
>> user value. *Very* chic in those days. :-)
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> Now that was some real innovation, David. I think it's high time you made
> another such breakthrough... maybe using an IDLContainer object to play DVD's or
> something. Mix it up, turn some heads... We can't afford to let RSI sit around
> their plush Boulder offices-with-a-view rolling ever more complex spaghetti-code
> generation engines.
Alas, I read somewhere that it is a law of the universe
that humans are only allowed three really good ideas in
a lifetime. I'm pretty certain I've used mine up (although
I can't remember right now what they were), but this one
wasn't one of them. I stole this idea from Josh. (I've
forgotten his last name at the moment. A sure sigh of
lingering jet lag.) Anyway, he was one of the best programmers
I've ever seen work. I learned a lot of things from him.
As for me, I've resigned myself to being one of those
people who can at least *recognize* a good idea when
they see it. And I've worked hard to make my fingers
flexible enough to pick pockets with the best of them. :-)
Cheers,
David
P.S. Let's just say one of those ideas was marrying
my saintly wife, to be sure. Now, *there's* a woman
who had no idea what she was getting into. :-)
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
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| Re: Cell Arrays [message #20618 is a reply to message #20617] |
Mon, 10 July 2000 00:00  |
John-David T. Smith
Messages: 384
Registered: January 2000
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David Fanning wrote:
> Interestingly enough, this requirement was what pushed me
> to use unrealized base widgets as pointers all those many
> years ago. I had an array of unrealized base widgets, each
> with a numerical array of a different size stored in the
> user value. *Very* chic in those days. :-)
Now that was some real innovation, David. I think it's high time you made
another such breakthrough... maybe using an IDLContainer object to play DVD's or
something. Mix it up, turn some heads... We can't afford to let RSI sit around
their plush Boulder offices-with-a-view rolling ever more complex spaghetti-code
generation engines.
JD
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Cornell University Dept. of Astronomy \*/ (607) 255-5842
304 Space Sciences Bldg. /*\ FAX: (607) 255-5875
Ithaca, NY 14853 \*/
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| Re: Cell Arrays [message #20619 is a reply to message #20617] |
Mon, 10 July 2000 00:00 |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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Joe Regensburger (jjr@physics.umass.edu) writes:
> Some programs have objects which can store multiple data types in a single
> array. So theoretically I can store numerical arrays of differing length
> inside a cell of another array. I was wondering if it is at all possible in
> IDL?
*Everything* is possible with IDL. (Or so I'm told. I can't
see how it ever improved my backhand, however.)
I should think a pointer array, with each pointer pointing
to a numerical array of various lengths should do the trick.
Interestingly enough, this requirement was what pushed me
to use unrealized base widgets as pointers all those many
years ago. I had an array of unrealized base widgets, each
with a numerical array of a different size stored in the
user value. *Very* chic in those days. :-)
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
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