| Re: User selectable lower array bound? [message #26112 is a reply to message #25981] |
Fri, 03 August 2001 09:49   |
Paul van Delst
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Stein Vidar Hagfors Haugan wrote:
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> Paul van Delst <paul.vandelst@noaa.gov> writes:
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>> Well, maybe WHERE could work as it does now, but for cases where the start index is not
>> zero, a function like the Fortran 90 intrinsic LBOUND() could be used.
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>> BTW, I never check the WHERE result either, always the COUNT value.
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> Funny, I [almost] never use the COUNT value.. If you're writing an IF
> test, the information is there anyway..
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> ix = where(nonzero)
> IF ix[0] ne -1 THEN ...
Sure. It's just a matter of personal preference.
This stuff fits into the "same dog different leg" category. :o)
paulv
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