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Re: converting bytarr into strarr [message #44513 is a reply to message #44511]

Tue, 21 June 2005 14:59

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Benjamin Hornberger
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It's weird that the string function doesn't offer a keyword for this.
But how about first converting to integer?

b=string(fix(a))

Benjamin

Paul Van Delst wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> This is probably a simple question, but I haven't found out how to do it.
>
> How does one convert a byte array into a equivalent sized string array?
> E.g. consider the following:
>
> IDL> a=bindgen(20,40)
> IDL> help, a
> A BYTE = Array[20, 40]
> IDL> b=string(a)
> IDL> help, b
> B STRING = Array[40]
> IDL>
>
> or
>
> IDL> a=bindgen(2,4,5,6)
> IDL> help, a
> A BYTE = Array[2, 4, 5, 6]
> IDL> b=string(a)
> IDL> help, b
> B STRING = Array[4, 5, 6]
>
>
> What I want to do is convert "a" into a string array, "b", that has the
> same dimensions as the original byte array, [20, 40], or [2, 4, 5, 6]
> i.e. each element of "b" is a single character corresponding to the byte
> value in "a".
>
> Everything I've read in the IDL help tells me that a byte array will
> always "lose" the first dimension as the bytes are converted into
> concatenated strings.
>
> Is there a simple way around this? (I could loop over the dimensions of
> "a" I guess).
>
> thanks,
>
> paulv
>

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		Re: converting bytarr into strarr By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 21 June 2005 16:11
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