Re: Am I stupid?

["Liam E. Gumley" <Liam.Gumley(at)ssec-nospam.wisc.edu>]

Colin Rosenthal wrote:
> 
> pro stupid,a=a,a1=a1
> 
> print,'a=',a
> print,'a1=',a1
> 
> end
> 
> IDL> stupid,a=1,a1=2
> % Ambiguous keyword abbreviation: A.
> 
> so is there a sensible way around this? What I'm actually trying to
> do is to have a keyword AXISCOLOR in a routine that also accepts
> the AX keyword. I know I could call it something different but am I
> just being a whiny luser if I think the above code should work
> as is?

Colin,

According to the IDL documentation:

"Keywords can be abbreviated to their shortest unique length"

In your case, the keyword AX precludes the use of another keyword which
begins with the letters "AX". A good rule of thumb is to make the first
3 characters of each keyword unique.

Cheers,
Liam.
Practical IDL Programming
http://www.gumley.com/