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structure references [message #86751]

Sun, 01 December 2013 10:33

spluque
Messages: 33
Registered: September 2013

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Hi,

While trying to set all elements of a structure to a value, I read
http://www.exelisvis.com/docs/Structure_References.html and it seems
this is not possible with a simple operation like:

x={a:double(0), b:double(0)}
x.(*)=20

Is writing a loop over the tags the only way?

Cheers,

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Seb

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Re: structure references [message #86752 is a reply to message #86751]

Sun, 01 December 2013 11:38

David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001

Senior Member

Seb writes:

> While trying to set all elements of a structure to a value, I read
> http://www.exelisvis.com/docs/Structure_References.html and it seems
> this is not possible with a simple operation like:
>
> x={a:double(0), b:double(0)}
> x.(*)=20
>
> Is writing a loop over the tags the only way?

If all elements of your structure are the same data type, why aren't you
using an array?

Cheers,

David

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Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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Re: structure references [message #86754 is a reply to message #86752]

Sun, 01 December 2013 11:46

spluque
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On Sun, 1 Dec 2013 12:38:34 -0700,
David Fanning <news@idlcoyote.com> wrote:

> Seb writes:
>> While trying to set all elements of a structure to a value, I read
>> http://www.exelisvis.com/docs/Structure_References.html and it seems
>> this is not possible with a simple operation like:

>> x={a:double(0), b:double(0)} x.(*)=20

>> Is writing a loop over the tags the only way?

> If all elements of your structure are the same data type, why aren't
> you using an array?

I'd like to have easier access to the elements of such array. It would
make life much simpler to be able to call a particular element by name
(e.g. tag) than by array index. Several routines need to access to
these data, so using an array index for each element soon makes code
hard to read.

Thanks,

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Seb

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Re: structure references [message #86756 is a reply to message #86754]

Sun, 01 December 2013 11:49

David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001

Senior Member

Seb writes:

> I'd like to have easier access to the elements of such array. It would
> make life much simpler to be able to call a particular element by name
> (e.g. tag) than by array index. Several routines need to access to
> these data, so using an array index for each element soon makes code
> hard to read.

"Ah," he says, as he shakes his head.

Cheers,

David
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Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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Re: structure references [message #86757 is a reply to message #86751]

Sun, 01 December 2013 11:52

wlandsman
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Registered: June 2000

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On Sunday, December 1, 2013 1:33:03 PM UTC-5, Sebastian Luque wrote:
> Hi,
>
In general, a structure contains elements of different types (e.g. string types) so

x.(*)=20

isn't allowed. Instead of a structure, you might look at the HASH() syntax which allows one to specify multiple hashes in a single call:

IDL> a = hash('a',double(0),'b',double(0), c:'string' )
IDL> a[['a','b']] = 20.0d
IDL> print,a
c: string field
a: 20.000000
b: 20.000000

>
> While trying to set all elements of a structure to a value, I read
>
> http://www.exelisvis.com/docs/Structure_References.html and it seems
>
> this is not possible with a simple operation like:
>
>
>
> x={a:double(0), b:double(0)}
>
> x.(*)=20
>

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Re: structure references [message #86761 is a reply to message #86757]

Sun, 01 December 2013 17:18

spluque
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Registered: September 2013

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On Sun, 1 Dec 2013 11:52:25 -0800 (PST),
wlandsman <wlandsman@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sunday, December 1, 2013 1:33:03 PM UTC-5, Sebastian Luque wrote:
>> Hi,

> In general, a structure contains elements of different types
> (e.g. string types) so

> x.(*)=20

> isn't allowed. Instead of a structure, you might look at the HASH()
> syntax which allows one to specify multiple hashes in a single call:

IDL> a = hash('a',double(0),'b',double(0), c:'string' ) a[['a','b']] =
IDL> 20.0d print,a
> c: string field a: 20.000000 b: 20.000000

Thanks, hashes do seem attractive for these purposes, however it's a
relatively new data type, so would require major changes in other parts
of the code. I might have to bite the bullet and stick to arrays, and
having code that looks like this:

FUNCTION FOO, A
return, [A*2, A^2, A^0.5]
END

;; Option 1
PRO BAR, B
x=foo(b)
x_dbl=x[0]
x_sqr=x[1]
x_sqrt=x[2]
... LOTS OF OPERATIONS WITH x_dbl, x_sqr, x_sqrt, x[*]
END
;; Option 2
PRO BAR, B
x=foo(b)
... LOTS OF OPERATIONS WITH x[0], x[1], x[2], x[*]
END

No problem, I personally prefer something like the latter but with a
little more meaningful nomenclature.

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Seb

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Re: structure references [message #86763 is a reply to message #86761]

Sun, 01 December 2013 20:44

Matthew Argall
Messages: 286
Registered: October 2011

Senior Member

> FUNCTION FOO, A
>
> return, [A*2, A^2, A^0.5]
>
> END

Why not this?

PRO FOO, A, TwoA, ASquare, ASqrt
TwoA = 2*A
ASquare = A^2
ASqrt = Sqrt(A)
END

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Re: structure references [message #86824 is a reply to message #86763]

Thu, 05 December 2013 11:20

spluque
Messages: 33
Registered: September 2013

Member

On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:44:14 PM UTC-6, Matthew Argall wrote:
>> FUNCTION FOO, A
>
>>
>
>> return, [A*2, A^2, A^0.5]
>
>>
>
>> END
>
>
>
>
>
> Why not this?
>
>
>
> PRO FOO, A, TwoA, ASquare, ASqrt
>
> TwoA = 2*A
>
> ASquare = A^2
>
> ASqrt = Sqrt(A)
>
> END

Thanks, this is probably the best thing to do. I have about 25 variables that would be output from FOO, so it would require a lengthy call.

Cheers,
Seb

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