| Re: IDL string trim [message #61138] |
Mon, 07 July 2008 07:43  |
mchinand
Messages: 66
Registered: September 1996
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In article <MPG.22daffe956a87f7598a3cb@news.frii.com>,
David Fanning <news@dfanning.com> wrote:
> RussellGrew writes:
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>> This may not be the most elegant solution, but you can look at the
>> size of k and add an extra zero to the string manually.
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>> eg for the variable 'tmp' being slotted into the filename,
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>> if k lt 10. then tmp = '0' + strtrim(string(k), 2) else k =
>> strtrim(string(k), 2)
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>> I shall sit here and wait to be shot down by a more elegant solution.
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> I think this might be the elegant solution you are looking for:
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> strVal = String(k, Format='(i2.2)')
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> Cheers,
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> David
I usually use:
String(k, format='(I02)')
which seems a little more intuitive (the zero indicating to zero-pad the string) but produces the same results as David's.
--Mike
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Michael Chinander
m-chinander@uchicago.edu
Department of Radiology
University of Chicago
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| Re: IDL string trim [message #61213 is a reply to message #61138] |
Tue, 08 July 2008 21:37  |
raghuram
Messages: 32
Registered: February 2008
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On Jul 7, 7:43 am, mchin...@midway.uchicago.edu (Mike Chinander)
wrote:
> In article <MPG.22daffe956a87f7598a...@news.frii.com>,
> David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
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>> RussellGrew writes:
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>>> This may not be the most elegant solution, but you can look at the
>>> size of k and add an extra zero to the string manually.
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>>> eg for the variable 'tmp' being slotted into the filename,
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>>> if k lt 10. then tmp = '0' + strtrim(string(k), 2) else k =
>>> strtrim(string(k), 2)
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>>> I shall sit here and wait to be shot down by a more elegant solution.
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>> I think this might be the elegant solution you are looking for:
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>> strVal = String(k, Format='(i2.2)')
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>> Cheers,
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>> David
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> I usually use:
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> String(k, format='(I02)')
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> which seems a little more intuitive (the zero indicating to zero-pad the string) but produces the same results as David's.
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> --Mike
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> Michael Chinander
> m-chinan...@uchicago.edu
> Department of Radiology
> University of Chicago- Hide quoted text -
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Hi all,
Thanks a lot. It works.
Raghu
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