comp.lang.idl-pvwave archive: archive » Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners

Home » Public Forums » archive » Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners

Show: Today's Messages :: Show Polls :: Message Navigator
E-mail to friend

Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners [message #35071 is a reply to message #35069]

Thu, 15 May 2003 03:32

R.Bauer
Messages: 1424
Registered: November 1998

Senior Member

Ed Wright wrote:
> To: IDL guri
> From: Ed Wright
>
> I have a request for comments (just like the IETF).
>
> I learned the basics of IDL use and programming over a long time interval
> while writing the magnum opus of dlms. Rather than have new users repeat my
> learning process, I'd like your suggestions for the twenty or so most common
> IDL functions a new user should understand.
>
> I mean most basic-most used. Open file, read numbers, plot numbers, write
> text, close file.
>
> As always,
> Ed Wright
>

in addition to the other repliers
print,expand_path(!path) & help,!version,/str

index operations e.g.

x=findgen(10)*!pi
print,x[0:9:2]
x[*]=5.

the miracle of
n_elements() (obsolete, new call is SIZE(x,/n_elements)),
n_params()
arg_present()
keyword_set()
and how to use them

regards

Reimar

--
Reimar Bauer

Institut fuer Stratosphaerische Chemie (ICG-I)
Forschungszentrum Juelich
email: R.Bauer@fz-juelich.de
------------------------------------------------------------ -------
a IDL library at ForschungsZentrum Juelich
http://www.fz-juelich.de/icg/icg-i/idl_icglib/idl_lib_intro. html
============================================================ =======

Report message to a moderator

[Message index]

		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: David Fanning on Thu, 15 May 2003 05:47
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: R.Bauer on Thu, 15 May 2003 03:32
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: Karsten Rodenacker on Thu, 15 May 2003 02:24
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: David Fanning on Wed, 14 May 2003 16:23
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: Pavel Romashkin on Wed, 14 May 2003 16:10

Previous Topic:	Re: file_search windows problem
Next Topic:	FFT confusion

-=] Back to Top [=-

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [

] [

]

Current Time: Sun Oct 12 17:08:03 PDT 2025

Total time taken to generate the page: 1.83765 seconds