Re: rstrpos: version 5.2 and version 5.3

[Craig Markwardt <craigmnet(at)cow.physics.wisc.edu>]

davidf@dfanning.com (David Fanning) writes:
> I resorted to this after first trying something like this:
> 

    FORWARD_FUNCTION STRPOS, RSTRPOS

>   IF Float(!Version.Release) GT 5.2 THEN BEGIN
> 	dot = StrPos(line, ".", /Reverse_Search)
>   ENDIF ELSE BEGIN
>       dot = RStrPos(line, ".")
>   ENDELSE
> 
> Although that *seemed* like a good idea at the time,
> I found that the line won't compile in versions of
> IDL older than IDL 5.3. :-(

The above FORWARD_FUNCTION declaration should solve your problems, no?

Craig


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