read an irregularly structured ascii file. 2 62 (9/25/2012 6:35:44 PM)
Hi gang, I'm usually pretty good at these sorts of things, but this one is giving me= all sorts of grief. I have a host of ascii files (each is about 60k lines= ) that contain several scalars and multi-dim...
rryan (43)

Strange behavior of function READ in a loop. 1 34 (9/25/2012 5:10:45 PM)
Hello everyone: I got a strange output with the function READ in a loop. A simplified example is as below: _______________________ pro test print, "This is the first line.", format="(A30/)" for i=1,3...
henrysting (1)

Escaped Characters in string output 1 37 (9/25/2012 3:13:05 AM)
To prepare string data for a database, I'd like to escape all of the specia= l characters. Other languages have built-in functions for this. Does IDL, o= r someone from the community have a routine they trust...
MKatz528 (48)

compare 2-d array with vector 5 30 (9/24/2012 7:32:17 AM)
Hi all, I'm having problem when comparing a 2-d array with a given vector. For example, if giving a 2-d array a=[[1,1,1], [2,2,2], [3,3,3], [4,4,4]] and a vector b=[1,2], how can I get all the subscrip...
dxsong11 (1)

For loop avoidance - getting indices of real space 7 52 (8/23/2012 8:58:48 PM)
I have read and re-read until cross-eyed this post: http://www.idlcoyote.c= om/tips/forloops.html And yet, I still can't quite grasp at how I can solve my for loop problem. = I think it might involve the...
simulana (4)

Plot Size difference 5 40 (9/21/2012 3:50:30 PM)
Hello, I have two plot setups, and from what I can tell, the eps files should com= e out with plots exactly the same physical size, BUT of course they are not= .. Can anyone tell if I am missing something...
ian.ewing (16)