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Re: Removing some but not all spaces in a string [message #61752 is a reply to message #61750]

Tue, 29 July 2008 08:37

Craig Markwardt
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Bob Crawford <Snowman42@gmail.com> writes:
> On Jul 28, 10:41ï¿½pm, Craig Markwardt
> <craigm...@REMOVEcow.physics.wisc.edu> wrote:
>> ... . ï¿½It's a pity there isn't a STREPLACE() which
>> handles regular expressions.
>
> Is there a version that handles static replacements?
> If so, why not just replace " > " with ">"; " < " with "<" and " = "
> with "=" etc.?
>
>> I also attached a version based on REPSTR() but since that sub-routine
>> itself does glue/unglue, it's just hiding the mess behind a facade.
>
> I must be missing something because I'm unfamiliar with REPSTR() as
> well (and my IDL Help has no mention).
> Are these from an external library?

Yep it's in the IDL Astronomy Library.... which Wayne should be
intimately familiar with, but maybe not everybody else :-)
http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Craig

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		Re: Removing some but not all spaces in a string By: humanumbrella on Tue, 29 July 2008 09:09
		Re: Removing some but not all spaces in a string By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 29 July 2008 08:43
		Re: Removing some but not all spaces in a string By: wlandsman on Tue, 29 July 2008 08:40
		Re: Removing some but not all spaces in a string By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 29 July 2008 08:37
		Re: Removing some but not all spaces in a string By: humanumbrella on Tue, 29 July 2008 08:33
		Re: Removing some but not all spaces in a string By: David Fanning on Tue, 29 July 2008 08:27
		Re: Removing some but not all spaces in a string By: Bob[3] on Tue, 29 July 2008 08:16
		Re: Removing some but not all spaces in a string By: humanumbrella on Tue, 29 July 2008 05:45
		Re: Removing some but not all spaces in a string By: Jeremy Bailin on Tue, 29 July 2008 04:26
		Re: Removing some but not all spaces in a string By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 28 July 2008 19:41

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