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Re: convert string into the name of a variable [message #28397 is a reply to message #28387]

Wed, 05 December 2001 15:31

thompson
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Registered: August 1991

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Frederic Raison <frederic_raison@hotmai.com> writes:

> Hi!

> Is there anybody who could tell me if there is an IDL instruction, like
> in Matlab, able to convert a string into the name of a variable and
> vice-versa? I mean if I have defined :

> a=1
> b=2
> list=['a','b']

> I would like to write:

> print,somme_instruction(list[0])

> and to get:

> 1

> Thank you

> Frederic

The easiest way I can think of to do this would be

test=execute('print,'+list[0])

William Thompson

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		Re: convert string into the name of a variable By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 06 December 2001 08:41
		Re: convert string into the name of a variable By: R.Bauer on Thu, 06 December 2001 06:05
		Re: convert string into the name of a variable By: thompson on Wed, 05 December 2001 15:31
		Re: convert string into the name of a variable By: Paul van Delst on Wed, 05 December 2001 14:47

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