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Re: procedure with arbitrary parameter [message #76404 is a reply to message #76259]

Mon, 30 May 2011 13:03

Michael Galloy
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On 5/30/11 12:29 PM, Evianis Cruz wrote:
> On May 30, 1:13 pm, Michael Galloy<mgal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 5/30/11 10:53 AM, Evianis Cruz wrote:
>>
>>> So in my procedure call I have something like this
>>
>>> pro test, filename, var
>>
>>> restore, filename
>>> plot, var
>>
>>> end
>>
>>> var will be the name of the variable I want to plot from restoring the
>>> file. I'm thinking of giving var as a string in the procedure call. My
>>> question is how would I do this and is it possible?
>>
>> Like this?
>>
>> function mg_getsavvar, filename, varname
>> compile_opt strictarr
>>
>> restore, filename=filename
>> result = execute('plot, ' + varname)
>> end
>>
>> Mike
>> --
>> Michael Galloywww.michaelgalloy.com
>> Modern IDL, A Guide to Learning IDL:http://modernidl.idldev.com
>> Research Mathematician
>> Tech-X Corporation
>
> Thank you!! :)

No problem, but use the solution from Lajos; using EXECUTE is bad
practice unless you have to (and I forgot about SCOPE_VARFECTCH).

Mike
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Michael Galloy
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Modern IDL, A Guide to Learning IDL: http://modernidl.idldev.com
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		procedure with arbitrary parameter By: Evianis Cruz on Mon, 30 May 2011 09:53
		Re: procedure with arbitrary parameter By: Michael Galloy on Mon, 30 May 2011 13:03
		Re: procedure with arbitrary parameter By: Evianis Cruz on Mon, 30 May 2011 11:29
		Re: procedure with arbitrary parameter By: Michael Galloy on Mon, 30 May 2011 10:13
		Re: procedure with arbitrary parameter By: Foldy Lajos on Mon, 30 May 2011 10:12

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