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Re: the type parser [message #44074 is a reply to message #44073]

Sun, 15 May 2005 05:26

Chris Lee
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Registered: August 2003

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In article <d674k0$3dl$1@zam602.zam.kfa-juelich.de>, "Reimar Bauer"
<R.Bauer@fz-juelich.de> wrote:

> Dear all
> I am searching for the function which tells idl what kind of type a
> variable gets by it's assignment. e.g.
> ....
> cheers
> Reimar

Hi Reimar ,

I'm not sure I understand, do you want the type of a constant value? (e.g
1, 2.3, 50000 ). Wouldn't SIZE or SIZE(/type) do this for you?

size(1, /type) -> 2 ;INT
size(50000, /type) -> 3 ;LONG
size(1.0, /type) -> 4 ;FLOAT
compile_opt idl2
size(1,/type) -> 3 ;LONG

Chris.

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		Re: the type parser By: marc schellens[1] on Mon, 16 May 2005 02:26
		Re: the type parser By: R.Bauer on Sun, 15 May 2005 09:14
		Re: the type parser By: R.Bauer on Sun, 15 May 2005 09:03
		Re: the type parser By: Ken Mankoff on Sun, 15 May 2005 08:19
		Re: the type parser By: Chris Lee on Sun, 15 May 2005 05:26
		Re: the type parser By: R.Bauer on Fri, 20 May 2005 01:16
		Re: the type parser By: R.Bauer on Wed, 15 June 2005 02:36

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