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Re: Angstrom symbol? [message #8044 is a reply to message #7955]

Thu, 30 January 1997 00:00

David Foster
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Registered: January 1996

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David Fanning wrote:
>
> David Kennedy <D.Kennedy@qub.ac.uk> writes:
>
>> A general question - does _anyone_ know how to produce an Angstrom
>> symbol in IDL for general use when labelling plots etc?
>
>
> If that is too confusing for you, you can resort to the perfectly
> simple:
>
> ang = '!6!sA!r!u!9 %!6!n'
>
> Now all you have to do is:
>
> XYOUTS, 0.5, 0.5, /Normal, CharSize=2.0, 'Symbol: ' + ang

Ok, if nobody else is going to do it, then I will: what the hell
are you doing here? (ang = '<string-of-greek>') Please enlighten
me.

Thanks. Dave

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		Angstrom symbol? By: D.Kennedy on Thu, 30 January 1997 00:00
		Re: Angstrom symbol? By: gurman on Fri, 31 January 1997 00:00
		Re: Angstrom symbol? By: David Foster on Thu, 30 January 1997 00:00
		Re: Angstrom symbol? By: Robert Moss on Tue, 04 February 1997 00:00

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