Practical IDL Programming

F

f77_unformatted keyword, 160

Fanning, David, 464

file devices, 194

file pointer

finding current position, 162

repositioning, 161

filepath function, 158

files

bitmap output, 343–355

closing, 151, 329, 356–357, 359, 381

echoing lines of text files, 103

EPS, 374–377

executing statements in text files, 122

formatted (ASCII), 147, 151–157

HDF, 182–192

include files, 123–124

netCDF, 172–182

obtaining information about, 150

opening, 148–149

procedures and functions for, 147

for procedures or functions, naming, 4–5

scientific and specialized data formats, 171–172

selecting, 149–150

startup, 204–205

unformatted (binary), 147, 157–171

See also specific types

findfile function

defined, 147

selecting files, 149

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