Re: % Loop limit expression too large for loop variable type.

[Paul van Delst <paul.vandelst(at)noaa.gov>]

hua Guo wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> I got this error message when I tried to run a program:
> 
> % Loop limit expression too large for loop variable type.
>   <LONG     (       54695)>.
> 
> What is wrong here? I am a beginner here. Thanks for any help.
> 
> Hua

If you have

  FOR i = 0, really_big_number - 1 DO BEGIN

change it to

  FOR i = 0L, really_big_number - 1 DO BEGIN



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