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Re: Octals [message #27142 is a reply to message #27141]

Thu, 11 October 2001 08:59

R.Bauer
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Registered: November 1998

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Martin Downing wrote:
>
> Steve,
>
> Lookup the values you want in the charsets, eg "*" is octal 52, which is
> written in IDL as '52'OB. To use it in a string use STRING():
>
> IDL> print, string('52'Ob)
> *
> IDL> title = "frequency " + string('52'Ob) + " wavelength"

Normaly we should always use ' for strings.

Because " with numbers gives an octal number, e.g.

IDL> print, "10
8

regards
Reimar

> IDL> print, title
> frequency * wavelength
> ; eg usage in a plot title
> IDL> plot, indgen(10), title=title
>
> Martin
>
> "Steve Cole" <s.j.cole@ex.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:3BC5A7F1.718B0997@ex.ac.uk...
>> Does anybody know how to print a character or symbol by its octal value?
>>
>> (I am trying to put a multiplication sign in the title of a plot)
>>
>> Any help would be gratefully recieved.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Steve Cole
>> University of Exeter
>>

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		Re: Octals By: george.mccabe on Thu, 11 October 2001 12:48
		Re: Octals By: Martin Downing on Thu, 11 October 2001 11:37
		Re: Octals By: R.Bauer on Thu, 11 October 2001 09:01
		Re: Octals By: R.Bauer on Thu, 11 October 2001 08:59
		Re: Octals By: Steve Cole on Thu, 11 October 2001 08:48
		Re: Octals By: Martin Downing on Thu, 11 October 2001 08:11
		Re: Octals By: Jaco van Gorkom on Thu, 11 October 2001 07:40
		Re: Octals By: Steve Cole on Fri, 12 October 2001 02:20
		Re: Octals By: Craig Markwardt on Thu, 11 October 2001 22:20
		Re: Octals By: Steve Cole on Fri, 12 October 2001 02:07

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