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Re: Appending Numbers to Strings in IDL [message #48988 is a reply to message #48987]

Mon, 05 June 2006 14:59

Paul Van Delst[1]
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steve wrote:
> Hey Todd,
> You just need to use StrTrim to get rid of the leading spaces. So when
> you create your string you would do it like this:
> name + StrTrim(string(variable),2)

And, as an added bonus, you can even eliminate the string(). Strtrim does it fer free! :o)

IDL> i=1
IDL> print,'>',i,'<'
> 1<
IDL> print,'>',strtrim(i,2),'<'
>1<

paulv

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		Re: Appending Numbers to Strings in IDL By: Jo Klein on Tue, 06 June 2006 10:08
		Re: Appending Numbers to Strings in IDL By: toddbranch on Mon, 05 June 2006 15:06
		Re: Appending Numbers to Strings in IDL By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Mon, 05 June 2006 14:59
		Re: Appending Numbers to Strings in IDL By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Mon, 05 June 2006 14:57
		Re: Appending Numbers to Strings in IDL By: steve on Mon, 05 June 2006 14:54

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