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Re: bug? or how to distinguish between a Hash and an array of Hashes ? [message #83391 is a reply to message #83390]

Mon, 04 March 2013 08:24

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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David Fanning writes:

>
> wlandsman writes:
>
>> You could use the TYPENAME function to distinguish the two variables
>>
>> IDL> print,typename(a)
>> HASH
>> IDL> print,typename(c)
>> OBJREF
>>
>> although I'm not sure why SIZE(/TNAME) doesn't give the same results.
>
> Oh, dear! Really!?

I guess this is right, though, since there are no "type" codes for hash
or list. They are objects, I guess, not real data types.

Still, awfully confusing to explain to a new user not familiar with the
"IDL Way". ;-)

Cheers,

David

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		Re: bug? or how to distinguish between a Hash and an array of Hashes ? By: markb77 on Mon, 04 March 2013 08:37
		Re: bug? or how to distinguish between a Hash and an array of Hashes ? By: wlandsman on Mon, 04 March 2013 08:28
		Re: bug? or how to distinguish between a Hash and an array of Hashes ? By: David Fanning on Mon, 04 March 2013 08:24
		Re: bug? or how to distinguish between a Hash and an array of Hashes ? By: David Fanning on Mon, 04 March 2013 08:16
		Re: bug? or how to distinguish between a Hash and an array of Hashes ? By: wlandsman on Mon, 04 March 2013 08:11
		Re: bug? or how to distinguish between a Hash and an array of Hashes ? By: markb77 on Mon, 04 March 2013 08:05
		Re: bug? or how to distinguish between a Hash and an array of Hashes ? By: markb77 on Mon, 04 March 2013 06:39
		Re: bug? or how to distinguish between a Hash and an array of Hashes ? By: markb77 on Mon, 04 March 2013 06:19
		Re: bug? or how to distinguish between a Hash and an array of Hashes ? By: markb77 on Mon, 04 March 2013 09:00
		Re: bug? or how to distinguish between a Hash and an array of Hashes ? By: Lajos Foldy on Mon, 04 March 2013 08:55
		Re: bug? or how to distinguish between a Hash and an array of Hashes ? By: wlandsman on Mon, 04 March 2013 08:47
		Re: bug? or how to distinguish between a Hash and an array of Hashes ? By: markb77 on Mon, 04 March 2013 08:44

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