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forcing variable definition in IDL? [message #24876]

Mon, 30 April 2001 23:19

Gernot Hassenpflug
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Registered: April 2001

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I have seen some threads on Google about the lack of 'implicit none'
Fortran type statement in IDL. However, those threads are, a) short,
b) date from 1995. I have not seen anything later than this.

So, my question: is it possible in IDL 5.4 to force definition of
variables, or at least to automate a variable-check in IDL.

Alternatively, maybe I need to write a function that automatically
checks the first use of a variable in a program. I have used the
routine_info and routine_names functions to obtain information
about variables in scope at the time.

Does anyone know of either how to get IDL to check variables'
definition,
or how to write a function to do that?

I have also toyed with the idea of using each variable as a single-
element array (eg. b(0) = 1), but that is most inelegant and lengthy.

Best regards,
Gernot Hassenpflug
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		forcing variable definition in IDL? By: Gernot Hassenpflug on Mon, 30 April 2001 23:19
		Re: forcing variable definition in IDL? By: davidf on Tue, 01 May 2001 13:40
		Re: forcing variable definition in IDL? By: William Daffer on Tue, 01 May 2001 13:26
		Re: forcing variable definition in IDL? By: Liam E. Gumley on Tue, 01 May 2001 11:19
		Re: forcing variable definition in IDL? By: William Daffer on Tue, 01 May 2001 10:18
		Re: forcing variable definition in IDL? By: davidf on Tue, 01 May 2001 05:32

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