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Re: write unix textfile with windows idl [message #37723 is a reply to message #37722]

Thu, 22 January 2004 10:08

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Michael Wallace writes:

> Here's a techtip explaining the basics of how to use C printf-style
> escape sequences: http://www.rsinc.com/services/techtip.asp?ttid=3616

The tip reads:

IDL> PRINT,'I','like','Interactive','Data','Language', $
FORMAT='(%"%s %s\t%1s",a1,a1)'

Which results in the following output:

I like IDL

IDL is getting like Microsoft, doing all the thinking
for you. How did it know I wanted to abbreviate "Interactive
Data Language" to IDL!? Amazing. :-)

Cheers,

David

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		Re: write unix textfile with windows idl By: David Fanning on Thu, 22 January 2004 10:16
		Re: write unix textfile with windows idl By: David Fanning on Thu, 22 January 2004 10:08
		Re: write unix textfile with windows idl By: Michael Wallace on Thu, 22 January 2004 09:11
		Re: write unix textfile with windows idl By: Klemens Barfus on Thu, 22 January 2004 02:00
		Re: write unix textfile with windows idl By: Pepijn Kenter on Thu, 22 January 2004 01:53
		Re: write unix textfile with windows idl By: Klemens Barfus on Thu, 22 January 2004 01:09
		Re: write unix textfile with windows idl By: Klemens Barfus on Wed, 21 January 2004 23:54
		Re: write unix textfile with windows idl By: Michael Wallace on Wed, 21 January 2004 10:31
		Re: write unix textfile with windows idl By: Norbert Hahn on Wed, 21 January 2004 08:56

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