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Re: Dynamically naming structures in IDL [message #91556 is a reply to message #91554]

Wed, 29 July 2015 11:23

wlandsman
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If I understand correctly, you could use EXECUTE() to rename your structure:

newname = 'new_structure_' + year
status = execute( newname + '= TEMPORARY(new_variables)' )
save, newname, filename = '/Users/me/Documents/omni_general_'+year+'.sav'

On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 1:08:52 PM UTC-4, Scheherazade wrote:
> I have a structure, 'omni_gen', which is filled with data for 2011, 2012, and 2013. In my program, I pull data out based on year (which is input) using a where statement, create variables for the selected data, and run these variables through a routine which outputs a new set of variables. I want to save these new variables to a structure, so I can later concatenate them together to plot.
>
> I first save my structure to a different filename each time:
>
> year=strcompress(string(year), /remove_all)
>
> new_variables=create_struct('new_globtec_'+year, new_globtec, 'new_day_'+year, new_day_numb, 'new_f10_'+year, new_f10_data, $
> 'new_ap_'+year, new_ap_data, 'new_smf10_'+year, new_smf10)
>
> save, new_variables, filename='/Users/me/Documents/omni_general_'+year+'.sav'
>
> When I go to concatenate the structures, I restore these files and manually rename the corresponding new_variables structure each time, like so:
>
> restore, '/Users/keleuterio/Documents/omni_2011.sav'
> new_variables=omni_data_2011
>
> But this obviously isn't automated. Is there a different way to do this so that the structure itself will have a different name each time (ex: new_structure_2011, new_structure_2012)?

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		Dynamically naming structures in IDL By: Scheherazade on Wed, 29 July 2015 10:08
		Re: Dynamically naming structures in IDL By: wlandsman on Wed, 29 July 2015 11:23
		Re: Dynamically naming structures in IDL By: Scheherazade on Wed, 29 July 2015 12:12
		Re: Dynamically naming structures in IDL By: wlandsman on Wed, 29 July 2015 13:45
		Re: Dynamically naming structures in IDL By: wlandsman on Wed, 29 July 2015 14:16
		Re: Dynamically naming structures in IDL By: Scheherazade on Thu, 30 July 2015 07:04
		Re: Dynamically naming structures in IDL By: Helder Marchetto on Thu, 30 July 2015 07:32
		Re: Dynamically naming structures in IDL By: Scheherazade on Thu, 30 July 2015 08:37

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