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Re: TLB_GET_SIZE - strangeness! [message #4539 is a reply to message #4494]

Mon, 12 June 1995 00:00

sjt
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Registered: November 1993

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T (kotsines@benji.Colorado.EDU) wrote:
: On the topic of re-sizing, can anyone explain the following:

: > B = WIDGET_BASE( title = 'testing' )
: > WIDGET_CONTROL, B, /REALIZE
: (re-size B to arbitrary size via the mouse)
: > WIDGET_CONTROL, B, TLB_GET_SIZE = size
: > print, size

: 209 273

: > help, size

: SIZE INT = Array(2)

: > print, size(0)

: 0 2 1

: > help, size(0)

: <Expression> LONG = Array(3)

: ...am I missing something? How can I access the two integer elements of size?

: Confused,
: Tom

Very simple. SIZE is an IDL function -- when you just give the name as in
"print, size" it gives the value of the variable but if you subscript it,
it then uses the function SIZE to return info on its argument.

Solution: change the name to (e.g.) SIZ_BAS

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