| Re: How to learn IDL? [message #3453] |
Wed, 01 February 1995 05:23  |
legler
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In article <D38q4J.28J@rockyd.rockefeller.edu>,
berger@cao-pc.rockefeller.edu (David Landsberger) wrote:
> I have been asked to learn how to program in IDL for the PC.
> How do I begin to do this. I am currently a C programmer and
> am unsure where to begin. Is there a good book that you guys
> could recomment? What would be my best course of action?
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> Any advice would be grately appreciated
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> Thanks,
> David
We purchased "Learning IDL, An Interactive Training Course" which is the
manual used by RSI in their training courses. The book is available from
RSI (don't recall the cost). The book is excellent for those who are new
to IDL and want to learn step by step. It covers everything from the
basics through widgets. I highly recommend it for new IDL users.
David
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| Re: How to learn IDL? [message #3460 is a reply to message #3453] |
Wed, 01 February 1995 05:44  |
christopher.mccarthy
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From: chris@mercury.sfsu.edu (Christopher McCarthy)
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Subject: Re: How to learn IDL?
Date: 1 Feb 1995 08:44:13 GMT
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David Landsberger (berger@cao-pc.rockefeller.edu) wrote:
: I have been asked to learn how to program in IDL for the PC.
: How do I begin to do this. I am currently a C programmer and
If you can program in C you can learn IDL no problem, probably in
an afternoon. It may take you a while to get used to not wasting
time declaring variables, worrying about pointers, etc. But
you should find it easy. My friend who knows C in one week got
to the level in IDL programming that took me several months.
We have a book called, I think, _Introduction to Programming in
IDL_ It is just a small pamplet which came w/ the older edition
of IDL (3.0). It gave you some things to play with, convolving
a function w/ a filter, etc. For starters, well give yourself
a project. EG write a program which lets the user input
two matricies, then multiply them. (Hint: If this takes your more
than about 6 lines for the entire program you're doing something
wrong.)
Good luck.
-chris
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| Re: How to learn IDL? [message #3463 is a reply to message #3453] |
Wed, 01 February 1995 00:44 |
chris
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David Landsberger (berger@cao-pc.rockefeller.edu) wrote:
: I have been asked to learn how to program in IDL for the PC.
: How do I begin to do this. I am currently a C programmer and
If you can program in C you can learn IDL no problem, probably in
an afternoon. It may take you a while to get used to not wasting
time declaring variables, worrying about pointers, etc. But
you should find it easy. My friend who knows C in one week got
to the level in IDL programming that took me several months.
We have a book called, I think, _Introduction to Programming in
IDL_ It is just a small pamplet which came w/ the older edition
of IDL (3.0). It gave you some things to play with, convolving
a function w/ a filter, etc. For starters, well give yourself
a project. EG write a program which lets the user input
two matricies, then multiply them. (Hint: If this takes your more
than about 6 lines for the entire program you're doing something
wrong.)
Good luck.
-chris
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| Re: How to learn IDL? [message #3589 is a reply to message #3453] |
Fri, 17 February 1995 04:38 |
Dr. Erich Brenner
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Registered: February 1995
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David M. Legler wrote:
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> We purchased "Learning IDL, An Interactive Training Course" which is the
> manual used by RSI in their training courses. The book is available from
> RSI (don't recall the cost). The book is excellent for those who are new
> to IDL and want to learn step by step. It covers everything from the
> basics through widgets. I highly recommend it for new IDL users.
>
> David
I'm also trying to learn IDL. Thus I have two questions:
* Where did you purchase this book?
* Could you post the ISBN?
Thanks
Erich
Dr. Erich Brenner
Institut fuer Anatomie
Universitaet Innsbruck
Muellerstrasse 59
A-6010 Innsbruck
Phone: *43-512-507-3056
Fax: *43-512-507-2862
E-Mail:Erich.Brenner@uibk.ac.at
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