Name

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PPPRINT

Purpose

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  Pretty print arrays.

Category

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Misc, Arrays, Console

Calling Sequence

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  PPPRINT, array

Inputs

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Array: An array. Should work with any basic type. Not sure (yet)
          how to handler arrays of pointers or objects or structures.

Keyword Parameters

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  FORMAT: Provide some control over the formatting of the output
  POWER: Set this keyword to print floats like "3.5E-02"
          rather than "0.035"

Outputs

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  The array is printed to the screen, perhaps in a nicer way than
  the default IDL print command.

Restrictions

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  Doesn't work with types such as pointers, objects, or structures.

Procedure

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  Procedure taken from
  http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.idl-pvwave/msg/013a8314ce6dcef5

Example

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  ppprint, [2e3,3.5e-3]
  ppprint, [2e3,3.5e-3], /power
  ppprint, indgen(10)
  ppprint, indgen(10)+998
  ppprint, ['a','b','c']
  ppprint, ['goodbye','cruel','world']

Modification History

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  Written by: Ken Mankoff, 2010-04-13