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Odd string/index problem [message #21685]

Wed, 13 September 2000 00:00

wmc
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Registered: February 1995

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Can someone explain this to me:

wmc> a='stoat'
wmc> print,a([0]),'>'
stoat
>
wmc> print,a(0),'>'
stoat>

This irritation surfaced when I tried to do
i=where(strings eq somestring)
print,strings(i)

which needs to be
i=i[0]
print,strings(i)

but why?

-W.

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		Odd string/index problem By: wmc on Wed, 13 September 2000 00:00
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