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Re: passing parameters indirectly [message #6906] Tue, 03 September 1996 00:00
David Theil is currently offline  David Theil
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Ken Kobayashi wrote:
> indirectly; that is, if procedure A calls procedure B which then
> calls procedure C, pass parameters from A to C without modifying
> the procedure call in B. Specifically I need to pass extra

Offhand the only way I can think of to do this is to use common block
variables. Just look up "Common Block" in the IDL User's Guide.
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Re: passing parameters indirectly [message #6907 is a reply to message #6906] Tue, 03 September 1996 00:00 Go to previous message
rpete is currently offline  rpete
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Ken Kobayashi (kkobayas@fas.harvard.edu) wrote:

: I remember there is a way in IDL where one can pass parameters
: indirectly; that is, if procedure A calls procedure B which then
: calls procedure C, pass parameters from A to C without modifying
: the procedure call in B. Specifically I need to pass extra

Look up the "EXTRA" keyword in the Users Guide.

Pete Ratzlaff
Los Alamos National Laboratory
rpete@lanl.gov
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