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Re: A New error msg, for me: % Variable is undefined: <UNDEFINED> [message #48176 is a reply to message #48173]

Wed, 29 March 2006 14:27

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Ed Hyer writes:

> Hello brilliant people,
>
> This is "found debugging": either you've had this happen, or you
> haven't.
>
> Here is the exerpt from the command line:
>
> IDL> lc=hs05_g12_glccv20_flambe
> IDL> gf=hs05_g12.fflag_a
> IDL> gs=hs05_g12.fsize_a
> IDL> test=flambe_lc2totalflux(lc,goesflag=gf,goessize=gs)
> % Variable is undefined: <UNDEFINED>.
> % Execution halted at: $MAIN$
>
> Here is the declaration line of the function, which compiles without
> error:
>
> function flambe_lc2totalflux,hslc,goesflag=goesflag,goessize=goessize ,
> $ isgoes=isgoes,ismodis=ismodis
>
> This is something stupid, but without any traceback, I am pretty much
> at sea.

I think it means that a variable is, uh, well, undefined. :-)

I would try this just before the call to the function:

HELP, lc, gf, gs

If the variables are defined there, then I suspect there
is a problem inside the function with a misuse of Keyword_Set,
or something similar.

Cheers,

David

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		Re: A New error msg, for me: % Variable is undefined: <UNDEFINED> By: Wayne Landsman on Wed, 29 March 2006 19:50
		Re: A New error msg, for me: % Variable is undefined: <UNDEFINED> By: David Fanning on Wed, 29 March 2006 16:16
		Re: A New error msg, for me: % Variable is undefined: <UNDEFINED> By: MarioIncandenza on Wed, 29 March 2006 16:05
		Re: A New error msg, for me: % Variable is undefined: <UNDEFINED> By: David Fanning on Wed, 29 March 2006 14:27

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