Re: How to find if an object contains another

[davidf(at)dfanning.com (David Fanning)]

Dave Greenwood (greenwoodde@ornl.gov) writes:

> How do I determine if an object "contains" another one?
> 
> For example, I can create a model object and add a surface object or
> a plot object.  Given that model object, how would I find out whether
> or not a surface object has been added?
> 
> The best I've come up with is something like:
> 
>   xx = model->get(/all,isa='idlgrsurface')
>   s = size(xx)
>   if s[1] eq 11 then $
>        print,'Has one or more surface' $
>   else $
>        print,'Has no surfaces'
> 
> Surely there's a simpler way?

How about something like this:

   xx = model->get(/all,isa='idlgrsurface', Count=numFound)
   Print, numFound

> A related question is: how do I test if an object pointer (returned by
> the GetByName method, for example) is null?

If an object is NULL it is an invalid object:

   IF Obj_Valid(theObject) EQ 0 THEN Print, 'Object is invalid.'

Cheers,

David

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