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Re: the difference between ' and " [message #8228]

Mon, 17 February 1997 00:00

Tim Patterson
Messages: 65
Registered: October 1995

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It's a bug. The current IDL compiler doesn't check for
a matching pair of ""'s, but just sees the first " followed
by a number and immediately interprets it as an octal
number instead.

Wonder if they'll fix this in IDL Version 5? Is there a list
of the bug fixes they are doing for version 5, or is there
just the glossy flyer about all the new features?

Tim

R. Bauer wrote:
>
> I found that's there is a difference for using ' or " to sign numbers as
> strings.
>
> IDL> a='1'
> IDL> a="1"
>
> a="1"
> ^
> % Syntax error.
>
> The users guide said that both ' and " have the same useabilty.
>
> It's not true.
>
> --
> R.Bauer
>
> Institut fuer Stratosphaerische Chemie (ICG-1)
> Forschungszentrum Juelich
> email: R.Bauer@kfa-juelich.de

--

http://condor.lpl.arizona.edu/~tim/

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