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Re: converting a string to an IDL command [message #62391 is a reply to message #62390]

Mon, 08 September 2008 09:56

Jean H.
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Registered: July 2006

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Mark wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I find myself constantly doing things like:
>
> print,' min(x), max(x) ',min(x),max(x)
>
> Is is possible to do something along the lines of:
>
> char=' min(x),max(x) '
> some_function,char
>
> where some_function would change char into one line of IDL code? That
> is, if x=findgen(10)
> sub_function would print something like:
>
> min(x),max(x) ,0.000 ,9.000
>
> Seems like this wouldn't be so hard. I'm interested in something that
> would work with Unix.
> Thanks,
>
> Mark

Execute comes to mind... but you would have to pass both the command
string and the x array.
Otherwise, do a printMinMax,x procedure that prints and do exactly what
you want!

Jean

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		Re: converting a string to an IDL command By: astroboy2k on Mon, 08 September 2008 13:46
		Re: converting a string to an IDL command By: David Fanning on Mon, 08 September 2008 12:57
		Re: converting a string to an IDL command By: Michael Galloy on Mon, 08 September 2008 12:54
		Re: converting a string to an IDL command By: astroboy2k on Mon, 08 September 2008 12:53
		Re: converting a string to an IDL command By: Jean H. on Mon, 08 September 2008 12:26
		Re: converting a string to an IDL command By: David Fanning on Mon, 08 September 2008 12:46
		Re: converting a string to an IDL command By: astroboy2k on Mon, 08 September 2008 12:43
		Re: converting a string to an IDL command By: David Fanning on Mon, 08 September 2008 12:29
		Re: converting a string to an IDL command By: Michael Galloy on Mon, 08 September 2008 12:25
		Re: converting a string to an IDL command By: astroboy2k on Mon, 08 September 2008 12:13
		Re: converting a string to an IDL command By: astroboy2k on Mon, 08 September 2008 11:57
		Re: converting a string to an IDL command By: Bob[3] on Mon, 08 September 2008 10:30
		Re: converting a string to an IDL command By: Jean H. on Mon, 08 September 2008 09:56
		Re: converting a string to an IDL command By: David Fanning on Mon, 08 September 2008 10:16
		Re: converting a string to an IDL command By: pgrigis on Mon, 08 September 2008 10:14
		Re: converting a string to an IDL command By: David Fanning on Mon, 08 September 2008 09:51

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