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Re: FORTRAN -> IDL [message #10721 is a reply to message #2702]

Sun, 11 January 1998 00:00

Robert S. Hill
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Registered: January 1998

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On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Kevin Ivory wrote:
> Kelly Dean wrote:
>>
>> I am converted some FORTRAN code into IDL, but I am confused what this
>> FORTRAN statment "SINE(X)=SIN(.01745329*X) " in this function is trying
>> to do.
>

I think this may be a Fortran relic called a "statement function." In
that case, it would be defining a new function sine() for the scope of the
current program unit. A roughly similar thing is done nowadays in C using
a preprocessor definition with arguments.

Bob Hill
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		Re: FORTRAN -> IDL By: Harald Frey on Mon, 12 January 1998 00:00
		Re: FORTRAN -> IDL By: Robert S. Hill on Sun, 11 January 1998 00:00
		Re: FORTRAN -> IDL By: rivers on Sun, 11 January 1998 00:00
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