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Re: Arrays: strange feature ?!



marc wrote:

> But another more funny 'feature' is this:
>
> IDL> print,'abc'
> abc
> IDL> print,"abc"
> abc
> IDL> print,'777'
> 777
> IDL> print,"777"
>
> print,"777"
>            ^
> % Syntax error.
>
> Cheers,
> :-) marc

It's a real feature

IDL> print,"777
    511

(check the online help for 'octal')

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