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Re: obtaining a structure's name [message #41078]

Wed, 22 September 2004 11:35

Paul Van Delst[1]
Messages: 1157
Registered: April 2002

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R.G. Stockwell wrote:
> "Paul Van Delst" <paul.vandelst@noaa.gov> wrote in message news:cisfgr$nn1$1@news.nems.noaa.gov...
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Apologies if this is a brain-dead question, but perusal of the IDL help was unsatisfactory
>> (and I couldn't find the required information :o) Ehem..
>>
>> If I have a structure definition routine, mystruct__define.pro, that I use to create a
>> structure like so,
>> x = {mystruct}
>> is there any way to obtain the structure name (apart from using "HELP, /STRUCTURE, x") ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> paulv
>
>
> Apology accepted :)
>
> print,tag_names(x,/structure_name)

D'oh!

Thanks,

paulv

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Re: obtaining a structure's name [message #41079 is a reply to message #41078]

Wed, 22 September 2004 11:06

K. Bowman
Messages: 330
Registered: May 2000

Senior Member

In article <cisfgr$nn1$1@news.nems.noaa.gov>,
Paul Van Delst <paul.vandelst@noaa.gov> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Apologies if this is a brain-dead question, but perusal of the IDL help was
> unsatisfactory
> (and I couldn't find the required information :o) Ehem..
>
> If I have a structure definition routine, mystruct__define.pro, that I use to
> create a
> structure like so,
> x = {mystruct}
> is there any way to obtain the structure name (apart from using "HELP,
> /STRUCTURE, x") ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> paulv
>

Is this what you need?

Result = TAG_NAMES( Expression [,/STRUCTURE_NAME] )

Ken Bowman

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Re: obtaining a structure's name [message #41080 is a reply to message #41079]

Wed, 22 September 2004 11:01

R.G. Stockwell
Messages: 363
Registered: July 1999

Senior Member

"Paul Van Delst" <paul.vandelst@noaa.gov> wrote in message news:cisfgr$nn1$1@news.nems.noaa.gov...
> Hello,
>
> Apologies if this is a brain-dead question, but perusal of the IDL help was unsatisfactory
> (and I couldn't find the required information :o) Ehem..
>
> If I have a structure definition routine, mystruct__define.pro, that I use to create a
> structure like so,
> x = {mystruct}
> is there any way to obtain the structure name (apart from using "HELP, /STRUCTURE, x") ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> paulv

Apology accepted :)

print,tag_names(x,/structure_name)

Cheers,
bob

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