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Re: journal file contents [message #30022]

Thu, 04 April 2002 11:42

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Med Bennett (mwbennett@windra.com) writes:

> I am perusing a journal file and have a question about what's included.
> If I issue a 'print' command, the results are saved in the file, but if
> I use a help command, as in
>
> help, where(ots eq 'o' and nnp ge 0 and agp lt 10.)
>
> the answer is not saved in the file. This is somewhat of an
> inconvenience, as it's the answer to the help command that is the value
> that's needed for a particular calculation, and that I would like to be
> able to refer to later on. I don't really want to do a print,where...
> because I don't really care which elements meet the criteria, just how
> many there are. Why is this?

Why is it!? Why do our bodies fail us just when
our minds finally figure out now to hit a down the
line backhand? It's a mystery. :-(

Why don't you try this in your journal file:

I = where(ots eq 'o' and nnp ge 0 and agp lt 10., cnt) & Print, cnt

Cheers,

David

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