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Re: convert string into the name of a variable [message #28400 is a reply to message #28397]

Wed, 05 December 2001 14:47

Paul van Delst
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Registered: March 1997

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Frederic Raison wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Is there anybody who could tell me if there is an IDL instruction, like
> in Matlab, able to convert a string into the name of a variable and
> vice-versa? I mean if I have defined :
>
> a=1
> b=2
> list=['a','b']
>
> I would like to write:
>
> print,somme_instruction(list[0])
>
> and to get:
>
> 1
>
> Thank you
>
> Frederic

this'll get yer started

IDL> a=149
IDL> b=273
IDL> list=['a','b']
IDL> result=execute('print,'+list[0])
149
IDL> result=execute('print,'+list[1])
273

if the execute works, result = 1.

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		Re: convert string into the name of a variable By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 06 December 2001 08:41
		Re: convert string into the name of a variable By: R.Bauer on Thu, 06 December 2001 06:05
		Re: convert string into the name of a variable By: thompson on Wed, 05 December 2001 15:31
		Re: convert string into the name of a variable By: Paul van Delst on Wed, 05 December 2001 14:47

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