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Re: How to convert (concatenate) a string array to a string scalar? [message #19424 is a reply to message #19283]

Mon, 13 March 2000 00:00

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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Alex Schuster (alex@pet.mpin-koeln.mpg.de) writes:

> BEEEEEP! There's no need for that, here's a function which does what
> Kristian wants:
>
> function strconcat, numarray
> format = string( '(', n_elements( numarray ), '(I0,', '","))' )
> str = string( numarray, format=format )
> return, strmid( str, 0, strlen( str ) - 1 )
> end
>
> In the example above, the format string which is created inside the
> function would be '3(I0,",")' , which tells the STRING routine to take
> three integers and add them to the string without leading blanks, but
> with a comma between them. The last strmid call only removes the last
> comma from the string.

I only know one thing for certain about IDL, and that
is this:

There is an inverse correlation between how certain
I am that something can only be done one way in IDL
and the number of alternative methods I will learn
about in the next 15 minutes.

:-(

Cheers,

David
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		How to convert (concatenate) a string array to a string scalar? By: Kristian Kjaer on Mon, 13 March 2000 00:00
		Re: How to convert (concatenate) a string array to a string scalar? By: John-David T. Smith on Tue, 14 March 2000 00:00
		Re: How to convert (concatenate) a string array to a string scalar? By: mikef on Mon, 13 March 2000 00:00
		Re: How to convert (concatenate) a string array to a string scalar? By: John-David T. Smith on Mon, 13 March 2000 00:00
		Re: How to convert (concatenate) a string array to a string scalar? By: davidf on Mon, 13 March 2000 00:00
		Re: How to convert (concatenate) a string array to a string scalar? By: Alex Schuster on Mon, 13 March 2000 00:00

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