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Re: printing without a return [message #2967]

Wed, 19 October 1994 05:32

tribbey
Messages: 5
Registered: October 1994

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In article <CxvxIF.EqC@hpl.hp.com>, peter@hpl.hp.com (Peter Webb) writes:
|> Does anybody know of a way to overprint in IDL? That is, I want to
|> print out a value, then back up to the first column on the same line and
|> print over the value. The more obvious FORMAT statements don't seem to
|> do the trick (with $ you can prevent the linefeed, but you can't back
|> up).
|>
|> Thanks,
|>
|> Peter
|>
|> --
|> --------------------------------
|> Peter Webb, HP Labs Medical Dept
|> E-Mail: peter_webb@hpl.hp.com
|> Phone: (415) 813-3756

I just tried a $ in a format with a TLnn and it seems to do what you want.

Will Tribbey
Biomedical Imaging Center
University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville

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