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Re: simple query: including loop variable in filename? [message #55900]

Fri, 14 September 2007 08:32

R.G.Stockwell
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Registered: October 2004

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<id6684@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:1189766081.164014.99750@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>
> Hello Folks,
>
> I'm stranded with server downtime (thankfully with net access!) and
> looking to prepare a start on some IDL; can someone tell me please if
> it's possible to include from a FOR loop the variable we are looping
> over in the filename of some kind of file?
>
> eg;
>
> FOR i=0,1 DO BEGIN
> device, filename='i.jpg'
> plot_image, A
> ENDFOR

Others have answered, I just thought I'd add a tip to
include a format='(i3.3)'
command in your string commands, so that you print
out the numbers as 001 002 003. That makes alphabetical
listings go in order, and a bit more convenient to browse
through the files.

Cheers,
bob

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		Re: simple query: including loop variable in filename? By: R.G.Stockwell on Fri, 14 September 2007 08:32
		Re: simple query: including loop variable in filename? By: David Fanning on Fri, 14 September 2007 06:29
		Re: simple query: including loop variable in filename? By: David Fanning on Fri, 14 September 2007 06:26
		Re: simple query: including loop variable in filename? By: Brian Larsen on Fri, 14 September 2007 06:00
		Re: simple query: including loop variable in filename? By: Spon on Fri, 14 September 2007 04:13

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