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Re: Am I stupid? [message #25685 is a reply to message #25684]

Wed, 11 July 2001 02:56

colinr
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Registered: July 1999

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On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 08:53:30 -0500,
Liam E. Gumley <Liam.Gumley@ssec-nospam.wisc.edu> wrote:
> Colin Rosenthal wrote:
>>
>> pro stupid,a=a,a1=a1
>>
>> print,'a=',a
>> print,'a1=',a1
>>
>> end
>>
>> IDL> stupid,a=1,a1=2
>> % Ambiguous keyword abbreviation: A.
>>
>> so is there a sensible way around this? What I'm actually trying to
>> do is to have a keyword AXISCOLOR in a routine that also accepts
>> the AX keyword. I know I could call it something different but am I
>> just being a whiny luser if I think the above code should work
>> as is?

> According to the IDL documentation:
>
> "Keywords can be abbreviated to their shortest unique length"
>
> In your case, the keyword AX precludes the use of another keyword which
> begins with the letters "AX". A good rule of thumb is to make the first
> 3 characters of each keyword unique.

Thanks Liam, but I didn't invent the "AX" keyword!

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Colin Rosenthal
Astrophysics Institute
University of Oslo

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[Message index]

		Re: Am I stupid? By: Jaco van Gorkom on Wed, 11 July 2001 09:36
		Re: Am I stupid? By: James Kuyper on Wed, 11 July 2001 09:48
		Re: Am I stupid? By: Paul van Delst on Wed, 11 July 2001 11:08
		Re: Am I stupid? By: david[2] on Wed, 11 July 2001 07:47
		Re: Am I stupid? By: Paul van Delst on Wed, 11 July 2001 07:21
		Re: Am I stupid? By: Paul van Delst on Wed, 11 July 2001 07:03
		Re: Am I stupid? By: Jaco van Gorkom on Wed, 11 July 2001 04:11
		Re: Am I stupid? By: colinr on Wed, 11 July 2001 02:57
		Re: Am I stupid? By: colinr on Wed, 11 July 2001 02:56
		Re: Am I stupid? By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 10 July 2001 18:21
		Re: Am I stupid? By: Paul van Delst on Tue, 10 July 2001 09:37
		Re: Am I stupid? By: Jaco van Gorkom on Tue, 10 July 2001 08:23
		Re: Am I stupid? By: Bob Crawford on Tue, 10 July 2001 08:03
		Re: Am I stupid? By: hcp on Tue, 10 July 2001 07:50
		Re: Am I stupid? By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 10 July 2001 07:18
		Re: Am I stupid? By: Liam E. Gumley on Tue, 10 July 2001 06:53
		Re: Am I stupid? By: thompson on Wed, 11 July 2001 14:02
		Re: Am I stupid? By: david[2] on Wed, 11 July 2001 10:01

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