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Re: baffling syntax error [message #70582 is a reply to message #70580]

Thu, 22 April 2010 14:29

Gray
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Registered: February 2010

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On Apr 22, 5:16 pm, mgalloy <mgal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/22/10 3:03 PM, Gray wrote:
>
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>> Hi all,
>
>> I have a function declaration with both positional and keyword
>> parameters like this:
>
>> FUNCTION WR_subtract, imga, imgb, WARP_DEG=wdeg, SKY_STYLE=skyst, $
>> SCALE_STYLE=scast
>
>> ...and in another procedure I call the function like this:
>
>> interp_res =
>> wr_subtract(intrp,civ,warp_deg=3.,sky_style=1,scale_style=1)
>
>> However, that function call gives me a syntax error when I try to
>> compile:
>
>> interp_res =
>> wr_subtract(intrp,civ,warp_deg=3.,sky_style=1,scale_style=1)
>> ^
>> % Syntax error.
>
>> Why the error??
>
>> Thanks!
>> --Gray
>
> I would guess that IDL thinks that "wr_subtract" is an array and you
> invalidly indexing it. Fix this with a "compile_opt strictarr" statement
> at the beginning of the routine that *calls* wr_subtract (and, of
> course, by using []'s, not ()'s, to index arrays inside that routine).
>
> Mike
> --www.michaelgalloy.com
> Research Mathematician
> Tech-X Corporation

Haha. I always forget about this, since I only index arrays with []
thanks to my c++ background.

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		Re: baffling syntax error By: R.G.Stockwell on Fri, 23 April 2010 12:56
		Re: baffling syntax error By: David Fanning on Fri, 23 April 2010 12:11
		Re: baffling syntax error By: Gray on Fri, 23 April 2010 11:44
		Re: baffling syntax error By: David Fanning on Fri, 23 April 2010 10:36
		Re: baffling syntax error By: R.G.Stockwell on Fri, 23 April 2010 09:49
		Re: baffling syntax error By: penteado on Thu, 22 April 2010 16:16
		Re: baffling syntax error By: R.G.Stockwell on Thu, 22 April 2010 15:49
		Re: baffling syntax error By: Gray on Thu, 22 April 2010 14:29
		Re: baffling syntax error By: Michael Galloy on Thu, 22 April 2010 14:16
		Re: baffling syntax error By: penteado on Thu, 22 April 2010 14:14
		Re: baffling syntax error By: Gray on Thu, 22 April 2010 14:04

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