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Discover the name (at calling level) of passed parameter [message #34005]

Tue, 11 February 2003 05:07

Kristian Kjaer
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Registered: June 1998

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I sometimes find myself wanting to know the name of a passed parameter:
At the called procedure level I need to know the name that the parameter
had at the calling level.

The code below illustrates what I can_not_ do by simple means.
Are there any dirty tricks I could emply to this end?

Thanks for any pointers, Kristian

; --------- begin IDL code:
pro test_par_name, p
help,p
print ,'The name of the passed parameter was ','?',' and its value is
',p
end

; --------- begin IDL command history:
IDL> q=5D
IDL> test_par_name,q
P DOUBLE = 5.0000000
The name of the passed parameter was ? and its value is 5.0000000

; --------- begin wish list:
; I'd like somehow to be able to get:
Q DOUBLE = 5.0000000
The name of the passed parameter was Q and its value is 5.0000000

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Kristian Kjær, Risø National Laboratory, Denmark

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