Re: pointer question

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

John-David Smith <jdsmith@astro.cornell.edu> writes:
> On an only slightly related note, does everyone know that you can recover a
> pointer to a "lost" heap variable using ptr_valid?  Here's an example:
> 
...
> IDL> a=ptr_valid(4,/CAST)
> IDL> print,*a
>        1

So, is there a way to go the *other* direction?  Which is to say, if
you have a pointer, can you get its index number?  [ not using HELP of
course. ]

Craig

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