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Re: Returning ARRAYs from functions? [message #29785 is a reply to message #29783]

Wed, 13 March 2002 14:31

Robert Stockwell
Messages: 74
Registered: October 2001

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You can return arrays from an IDL function.
-bob

function passarray,length

a = findgen(length > 1)
return,a

end

R.A wrote:

> I have been rewriting some software in IDL5.4 passed onto me
> by a former colleague.
> Essentially the function is required to correct an array of values
> by applying a polynomial and then return the corrected array.
>
> I have noted this doesnt work as I have stated although I
> had the idea IDL could pass any dimension array to a
> function and return the array from the function.
>
> What seems to have been done is to create a structure from
> the array passed and return the structure.
>
> Is what I have said correct? ... that you need to pass data arrays
> from IDL functions as data structures as arrays cannot be
> passed??
>
> Comments please.
>
>
>

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		Re: Returning ARRAYs from functions? By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 13 March 2002 16:15
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		Re: Returning ARRAYs from functions? By: Mark Hadfield on Wed, 13 March 2002 12:19

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