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Strange IDL string bug [message #4821]

Wed, 09 August 1995 00:00

Justin Baker
Messages: 16
Registered: May 1995

Junior Member

I have discovered an unusual bug with IDL strings (IDL V4.0) and was wondering
if anyone else has seen it.

The IDL User's Guide says strings can be delimied with either a ' or "
character. I was trying to use this method to include quotes in my string
variables. e.g

IDL> arr_str = "arr = ['a','b','c']"
IDL> result = execute(arr_str)

I quickly discovered that there seems to be a problem with " quoted strings if
they start with a digit.

IDL> ok_string='12345'
IDL> bad_sting="678910" ^
% Syntax error.

Can anyone shed any light on this problem ?

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Justin Baker
Bureau of Meteorology
Australia

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