stdev or stddev; locating procedures/functions [message #85938] |
Fri, 20 September 2013 07:18  |
spluque
Messages: 33 Registered: September 2013
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Hi,
I've inherited some code that uses the stdev() function for calculating standard deviation. I cannot find any documentation on this function on Exelis' web site, nor on my installation. There is, of course, documentation for stddev(), which does the same, so I'm trying to locate where this stdev() comes from and what differences, if any, there are between these. How can one determine where a procedure/function comes from?
Thanks,
Seb
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Re: stdev or stddev; locating procedures/functions [message #85939 is a reply to message #85938] |
Fri, 20 September 2013 07:22   |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724 Registered: August 2001
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spluque@gmail.com writes:
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> I've inherited some code that uses the stdev() function for calculating standard deviation. I cannot find any documentation on this function on Exelis' web site, nor on my installation. There is, of course, documentation for stddev(), which does the same, so I'm trying to locate where this stdev() comes from and what differences, if any, there are between these. How can one determine where a procedure/function comes from?
IDL> Print, File_Which('stdev.pro')
Cheers,
David
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Re: stdev or stddev; locating procedures/functions [message #85940 is a reply to message #85939] |
Fri, 20 September 2013 07:35   |
spluque
Messages: 33 Registered: September 2013
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On Friday, September 20, 2013 9:22:47 AM UTC-5, David Fanning wrote:
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>> I've inherited some code that uses the stdev() function for calculating standard deviation. I cannot find any documentation on this function on Exelis' web site, nor on my installation. There is, of course, documentation for stddev(), which does the same, so I'm trying to locate where this stdev() comes from and what differences, if any, there are between these. How can one determine where a procedure/function comes from?
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> IDL> Print, File_Which('stdev.pro')
Excelent, it's been obsoleted so I'll replace with stddev().
More generally, how can one find where a procedure/function is if it's not in a file with the same name?
Thank you, David,
Seb
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