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Re: file_lines and expand path [message #49600]

Mon, 07 August 2006 11:27

Paul Van Delst[1]
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greg michael wrote:
> This all seems a little upside-down to me. I'd sooner ask for the
> filenames and then get the lengths than ask for lengths and get the
> filenames thrown in. But I'm a file_lines newbie. Maybe you guys are
> doing something much cleverer...

I agree with you (about getting the filenames and then the lengths). However, for good or
ill, the IDL version of file_lines "allows"[*] wildcards in its file list input. That
pretty much opens the box I reckon -- and, given that, my opinions were about seems the
most intuitive thing to do (to me at least.)

paulv

[*] One could argue, based on the documentation, that it doesn't allow wildcards. If so,
then wildcard input without the NOEXPAND keyword should throw an error. But that is not
what happens.

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		Re: file_lines and expand path By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Mon, 07 August 2006 11:27
		Re: file_lines and expand path By: greg michael on Mon, 07 August 2006 07:22
		Re: file_lines and expand path By: FL on Mon, 07 August 2006 03:46
		Re: file_lines and expand path By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Fri, 04 August 2006 15:50
		Re: file_lines and expand path By: James Kuyper on Fri, 04 August 2006 14:48
		Re: file_lines and expand path By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Fri, 04 August 2006 12:35
		Re: file_lines and expand path By: Jean H. on Fri, 04 August 2006 11:57
		Re: file_lines and expand path By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Fri, 04 August 2006 11:04
		Re: file_lines and expand path By: James Kuyper on Fri, 04 August 2006 09:39

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