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Re: Octals [message #27146 is a reply to message #27143]

Thu, 11 October 2001 08:11

Martin Downing
Messages: 136
Registered: September 1998

Senior Member

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"
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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[Message index]

		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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