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Re: turn a string value into variable name [message #63039 is a reply to message #63028]

Thu, 23 October 2008 16:04

Nick[2]
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Registered: October 2008

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Thank you very much David!

Nick
On Oct 23, 4:56 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Nick writes:
>> I am restoring over 100 .sav files and creating structures for
>> analysis. Each .sav represents a differenct scenario and ideally I
>> would like to name the created structure in sequential format (case1,
>> case2...casen).
>
>> To pull the data in I am using a for loop (all .sav have identical
>> array names) and I'd like to use the counter to name the variable. Is
>> it possible to turn a string into a variable name?
>
> The EXECUTE command can do this:
>
> FOR j=0,n DO BEGIN
> IF Execute('case' + String(j, Format='(I3.3)') + $
> '= mysavedStruct') EQ 0 THEN $
> Print, 'We have a failure to execute!'
> ENDFOR
>
> At one time there was a limit on the number of new
> variables that could be created this way inside an
> IDL program. I believe that limit has been removed.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming (www.dfanning.com)
> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: turn a string value into variable name By: greg.addr on Fri, 24 October 2008 06:08
		Re: turn a string value into variable name By: Nick[2] on Thu, 23 October 2008 16:04
		Re: turn a string value into variable name By: David Fanning on Thu, 23 October 2008 15:56
		Re: turn a string value into variable name By: loebasboy on Wed, 29 October 2008 06:18
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