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Re: Assigning command line arguments to variables in another procedure [message #89267 is a reply to message #89261]

Mon, 11 August 2014 02:56

Yngvar Larsen
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Registered: January 2010

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"You are doing it all wrong". You should read about classes in IDL:

http://www.exelisvis.com/docs/ref_part2.html
http://www.exelisvis.com/docs/creating_custom_objects.html

Hint #1: Unlike in Java, not everything is a class in IDL.

Hint #2: PRO does not implement a class, but a procedure ("function" with no return value). Thus "My = obj_new('PRO1')" with PRO1 being a procedure, does not make sense.

Hint #3: Event if PRO1 was a class with a member called A, you cannot assign to the member with "My.A" in IDL.

On Monday, 11 August 2014 00:57:40 UTC+2, tryan...@gmail.com wrote:
> IDL beginner here! Let's say I have two procedures, PRO1 and PRO2. If I receive a command line argument in PRO2, how can I assign the argument value to a variable in PRO1?
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> Is this possible to accomplish without passing a parameter in a procedure call? Example:
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> PRO PRO2
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> value = command_line_argument
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> PRO1, value
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> END
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> PRO PRO1, value
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> A = value
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> END
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> I have previously tried to make an object reference ,'My', to PRO1, but I receive a syntax error.
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> PRO PRO2
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> opts = ob_new('mg_options)
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> opts.addOption, 'value', 'v'
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> opts.parseArgs,error_message = errorMsg
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> My = obj_new('PRO1')
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> My.A=opts.get('value') ;syntax error on this line
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> END
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> Any insight is very much appreciated!

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		Assigning command line arguments to variables in another procedure By: tryanblogs on Sun, 10 August 2014 15:57
		Re: Assigning command line arguments to variables in another procedure By: Matthew Argall on Sun, 10 August 2014 16:12
		Re: Assigning command line arguments to variables in another procedure By: tryanblogs on Sun, 10 August 2014 19:32
		Re: Assigning command line arguments to variables in another procedure By: Yngvar Larsen on Mon, 11 August 2014 02:56
		Re: Assigning command line arguments to variables in another procedure By: skymaxwell@gmail.com on Mon, 11 August 2014 08:19

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