Re: Odd string/index problem

[Martin Schultz <martin.schultz(at)dkrz.de>]

wmc@bas.ac.uk wrote:
> 
> Can someone explain this to me:
> 
> wmc> a='stoat'
> wmc> print,a([0]),'>'
> stoat
> >
> wmc> print,a(0),'>'
> stoat>
> 
> This irritation surfaced when I tried to do
> i=where(strings eq somestring)
> print,strings(i)
> 
> which needs to be
> i=i[0]
> print,strings(i)
> 
> but why?
> 
> -W.
> 

To make sure things get written on one line you should either
concatenate the strings ('+') or use a format specifier.

print,a[[0]]+'>' gives you what you want as does
print,a[[0]],'>',format='(2A)' or print,a[[0]],format='(A,">")'. On
the other hand, even print,a[0],'>' will break the line if a is too
long. Example: a=string(bytarr(100)+64B) & print,a[0],'>'  (whether
the number is 100 or something greater depends on your display window
width).

Cheers,
Martin

-- 
[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
[[ Dr. Martin Schultz   Max-Planck-Institut fuer Meteorologie    [[
[[                      Bundesstr. 55, 20146 Hamburg             [[
[[                      phone: +49 40 41173-308                  [[
[[                      fax:   +49 40 41173-298                  [[
[[ martin.schultz@dkrz.de                                        [[
[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[