| Re: best way to find the variable name of a structure from RESTORE-ing a sav file [message #32196 is a reply to message #32195] |
Fri, 20 September 2002 09:14  |
David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001
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Robert Stockwell (rgs1967@hotmail.com) writes:
> anyone have good ideas on how to programatically find
> the name of a variable in memory, that happens to be
> a structure. The reason I don't know the name is that I
> am restoring a structure from an IDL sav file. The structure
> is the only thing in the sav file.
>
> For instance, I am writing a function like:
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> function readsavdata, filename
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> restore,filename=filename
>
> ; here I have a structure in memory, with a variable name I do not know.
>
> help
> ; next line is the result of the help command
> ; IDL> NWS_MMT_FCAST_TEMPERATURE_ARRAY STRUCT = -> <Anonymous> Array[950040]
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> return, ?????? ; i need the name of this structure
>
> end ; end of function
>
> How do I get this variable name "NWS_MMT_FCAST_TEMPERATURE_ARRAY" so I can
> put in a line like
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> return,NWS_MMT_FCAST_TEMPERATURE_ARRAY
>
> at the end of the function.
Try this:
Function ReadSavData, filename
Restore, Filename=filename
varname = Routine_Names(Variables=0)
variable = Routine_Names(varname[0], Fetch=0)
RETURN, variable
END
This is not exactly documented anywhere, so your mileage
may vary. It works here in IDL 5.5. :-)
Cheers,
David
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