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Re: Multiplication turning array into scalar -- who wants to try? [message #53256] Sun, 01 April 2007 00:13 Go to previous message
David Fanning is currently offline  David Fanning
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swingnut@gmail.com writes:

> Hooray for cross-posting! That's good to know. I guess now I'm just
> confused, because I've not encountered such a difference in the
> treatment of scalars and 1x1 arrays. This implies that a scalar is not
> an array to me despite the spiel about IDL being an array language, so
> that somewhere in its innards IDL treats a scalar and 1x1 array
> differently but doesn't always make the result apparent to the user
> unless said code monkey traces whatever went awry back to this
> difference of treatment.

Oh, oh. Don't even get started along this path, or it's
all we are going to talk about all week. IDL just is what
it is. :-(

Cheers,

David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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