Re: User selectable lower array bound?

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

Stein Vidar Hagfors Haugan wrote:
> 
> Paul van Delst <paul.vandelst@noaa.gov> writes:
> 
> [..]
> > Well, maybe WHERE could work as it does now, but for cases where the start index is not
> > zero, a function like the Fortran 90 intrinsic LBOUND() could be used.
> >
> > BTW, I never check the WHERE result either, always the COUNT value.
> 
> Funny, I [almost] never use the COUNT value.. If you're writing an IF
> test, the information is there anyway..
> 
>  ix = where(nonzero)
>  IF ix[0] ne -1 THEN ...

Sure. It's just a matter of personal preference.

This stuff fits into the "same dog different leg" category. :o)

paulv

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