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Re: Procedures and Functions - Checking Input Data for Validity [message #70473]

Sat, 17 April 2010 11:42

Aram Panasenco
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Registered: April 2010

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On Apr 17, 10:48 am, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Aram Panasenco writes:
>> Update: I've decided to ditch string processing altogether, and pass
>> in arrays of strings or integers to in_type and ex_type:
>
>> e = VALIDATE(data, ex_type=["NaN"])
>> e = VALIDATE(data, in_type=["Double","Float"])
>> e = VALIDATE(data, ex_type=[10,11,12,13,14,15])
>
>> I have started working on the actual function, expect it soon!
>
> Aram, just a little practical advice. Don't get too
> excited. Ten seconds after you publish your masterpiece
> it will get trashed by someone you didn't even know
> *read* the IDL newsgroup. If you can fight through
> the disappointment, you MAY be able to improve it
> substantially. :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.dfanning.com/
> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

All the better than no response at all! If someone takes their time to
thoroughly thrash a function, then they probably care about its
quality. ;)

~Aram Panasenco

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		Re: Procedures and Functions - Checking Input Data for Validity By: Aram Panasenco on Sat, 17 April 2010 11:42
		Re: Procedures and Functions - Checking Input Data for Validity By: David Fanning on Sat, 17 April 2010 10:48
		Re: Procedures and Functions - Checking Input Data for Validity By: Aram Panasenco on Sat, 17 April 2010 10:39
		Re: Procedures and Functions - Checking Input Data for Validity By: Aram Panasenco on Sat, 17 April 2010 01:09
		Re: Procedures and Functions - Checking Input Data for Validity By: Craig Markwardt on Fri, 16 April 2010 21:15

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