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Re: OOB array indexing with an array gives no error message [message #15701 is a reply to message #15700]

Fri, 04 June 1999 00:00

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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Bobstrosity (dejastockwell@my-dejanews.com) writes:

> It seems that you can index an array with a "bad value"
> if that bad value is an array rather than a scaler.
>
> The Point: some code could potentially run off the end of
> an array by replicating the last part, without telling you.

It could indeed. On the other hand, I've seen many a good
IDL programmer use this feature to good advantage for
boundary error handling. :-)

Cheers,

David

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