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Re: Imaginary is narrow minded [message #9842]

Wed, 03 September 1997 00:00

Christian Soeller
Messages: 46
Registered: August 1996

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davidf@dfanning.com (David Fanning) writes:

>
> IF Type(thatThing) EQ 'COMPLEX' THEN thisThing=Imaginary(thatThing)$
> ELSE thisThing = 0
>

Wouldn't you want to make it return an array of zeroes when called
with an array?

Christian Soeller

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Re: Imaginary is narrow minded [message #9844 is a reply to message #9842]

Wed, 03 September 1997 00:00

meron
Messages: 51
Registered: July 1995

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In article <jackel.140.20AC6E36@danlon.physics.uwo.ca>, jackel@danlon.physics.uwo.ca (Brian Jackel) writes:
> Greetings
>
> <Rant>
> I'm stuck with IDL 4.0, and was wondering if the snazzy new version
> still gives this stupid error
>
> % IMAGINARY: Operand must be of complex type:
>
> Alternatively, I'd love to know _why_ it can't just return a zero value.

I wrote my own function, M_IMAGINARY, which takes care of just this
problem, and I use it exclusively instead of the IDL IMAGINARY.

Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool,
meron@cars.uchicago.edu | chances are he is doing just the same"

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Re: Imaginary is narrow minded [message #9846 is a reply to message #9842]

Tue, 02 September 1997 00:00

davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996

Senior Member

Now I'm really brainstorming. Here is another
program for Brian Jackel:

FUNCTION IF_IMAGINARY, variable
types = ['UNDEFINED', 'BYTE', 'INTEGER', 'LONG', 'FLOAT', $
'DOUBLE', 'COMPLEX', 'STRING', 'STRUCTURE', $
'DCOMPLEX', 'POINTER', 'OBJECT']
s = Size(variable)
thisType = types(s(s(0) + 1))
IF thisType EQ 'COMPLEX' THEN RETURN, Imaginary(variable) $
ELSE RETURN, 0.0
END

Then, you can do this:

imaginaryPart = IF_IMAGINARY(variable)

Cheers,

David

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Re: Imaginary is narrow minded [message #9848 is a reply to message #9846]

Tue, 02 September 1997 00:00

davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996

Senior Member

Brian Jackel writes:

> <Rant>
> I'm stuck with IDL 4.0, and was wondering if the snazzy new version
> still gives this stupid error
>
> % IMAGINARY: Operand must be of complex type:
>
> Alternatively, I'd love to know _why_ it can't just return a zero value.
> Sometimes the argument is going to be real, and it irritates me to add
> the extra call to make sure the argument is complex. IDL functions are
> usually pretty clever about dealing with variable input types, but not here.
> </Rant>

Oh, dear, it's one of those days, apparently. Here, Brian, something to
cheer you up.

FUNCTION Type, variable
types = ['UNDEFINED', 'BYTE', 'INTEGER', 'LONG', 'FLOAT', $
'DOUBLE', 'COMPLEX', 'STRING', 'STRUCTURE', $
'DCOMPLEX', 'POINTER', 'OBJECT']
s = Size(variable)
RETURN, types(s(s(0) + 1))
END

IF Type(thatThing) EQ 'COMPLEX' THEN thisThing=Imaginary(thatThing)$
ELSE thisThing = 0

Cheers,

David
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Fanning Software Consulting
Customizable IDL Programming Courses
Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com

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