COLORSAREIDENTICAL

Description

Returns a 1 if the two input colors refer to the same color, otherwise returns a 0.

Params

color_1: in, required, type=string/integer/long
The first color to compare for "equality".
color_2: in, required, type=string/integer/long
The second color to compare for "equality".

Keywords

None.

Examples

Used to compare if two different colors are the same color::
IDL> Print, ColorsAreIdentical('white', cgColor('white'))
IDL> Print, ColorsAreIdentical(252, !P.Color)
IDL> Print, ColorsAreIdentical('white', '255')

Author

FANNING SOFTWARE CONSULTING::
David W. Fanning
1645 Sheely Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80526 USA
Phone: 970-221-0438
E-mail: david@idlcoyote.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com

History

Change History::
Written, 24 December 2010. DWF.
Fixed a typo when first color is INTEGER and second color is STRING. 3 Jan 2011. DWF.
Added error handling for out of bounds color values. 25 May 2011. DWF.