comp.lang.idl-pvwave archive: archive » Re: Little help on arrays

Home » Public Forums » archive » Re: Little help on arrays - 2nd try

Show: Today's Messages :: Show Polls :: Message Navigator
E-mail to friend

Re: Little help on arrays - 2nd try [message #38034]

Mon, 16 February 2004 16:56

Craig Markwardt
Messages: 1869
Registered: November 1996

Senior Member

=?ISO-8859-2?Q?F=F6ldy_Lajos?= <foldy@rmki.kfki.hu> writes:
>
> oops, just a little correction:
>
> if (min(x-y, max=max) eq max) and (max eq 0) then print, 'bingo!'

This is fine, and I agree it's likely to be faster, but I prefer to
pull the MIN() function call out of the IF statement. IDL doesn't
appear to guarantee the order of execution within statements, so it's
a bit risky to assume that the variable MAX will always be set
properly. [ Although, it does appear to be here. ]

Also, and this is a bit nit-picky, perhaps it's a bit dangerous to use
a variable named MAX, when a built-in function of the same name is
also present is a recipe for confusion, no?

Craig

--
------------------------------------------------------------ --------------
Craig B. Markwardt, Ph.D. EMAIL: craigmnet@REMOVEcow.physics.wisc.edu
Astrophysics, IDL, Finance, Derivatives | Remove "net" for better response
------------------------------------------------------------ --------------

Report message to a moderator

[Message index]

		Re: Little help on arrays - 2nd try By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 16 February 2004 16:56
		Re: Little help on arrays - 2nd try By: Foldy Lajos on Mon, 16 February 2004 12:45

Previous Topic:	Re: Destroying objects
Next Topic:	Re: Little help on arrays

-=] Back to Top [=-

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [

] [

]

Current Time: Fri Oct 10 01:27:55 PDT 2025

Total time taken to generate the page: 1.99867 seconds