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Re: Hey! Pssst! Wanna see something wierd? [message #8091 is a reply to message #8012]

Mon, 03 February 1997 00:00

pit
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Registered: January 1996

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In article <davidf-ya023080003101971818290001@news.frii.com>,
davidf@dfanning.com (David Fanning) writes:
> Alright you IDL gurus. Explain this!
>
> number = STRING(10)
> FOR j=0, number DO PRINT, 'Cool...!'
>
> Weird, huh. IDL reads my mind! :-)

Sorry, I don't get the point. What's so strange about IDL
recognizing the string '10' as a number? It's doing it since long.
It is even "smart" enough to do:

IDL> print,fix('10asd')
10

Even cooler, eh?

Peter

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		Hey! Pssst! Wanna see something wierd? By: davidf on Fri, 31 January 1997 00:00
		Re: Hey! Pssst! Wanna see something wierd? By: Andy Loughe on Mon, 03 February 1997 00:00
		Re: Hey! Pssst! Wanna see something wierd? By: pit on Mon, 03 February 1997 00:00
		Re: Hey! Pssst! Wanna see something wierd? By: Joseph M Zawodny on Mon, 03 February 1997 00:00

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