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Re: Problems with scalar structures


Brian Jackel <jackel@danlon.physics.uwo.ca> writes:
> 
> Can anyone suggest a (simple, elegant) way to deal with 
> the generic command
> 
>   test.x= test.x * a
> 
> where "test.x" and "a" are arrays of length N, and N is 
> sometimes equal to 1?

I use the following, and it seems to work fine:

  test(*).x = test(*).x * a

It works under both IDL 4 and 5.  By the way, I think even "scalar"
structures are actually vectors of length one, so this notation should
always work.

Craig


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