使用IDL的12个小技巧.docVIP

原文来自michaelgallory译文有不妥之处请大家指正。 tip 1 put code in files. your choices are to write main-level programs, batch files, and normal procedures/functions. the bulk of your code should probably be in procedures and functions, but there are certainly reasons to use both main-level programs and batch files. main-level programs are handy for setting up a situation and allowing you to enter commands accessing the variables in the program after it has run. batch files are good for including code that needs to be typed in multiple locations. 把代码存放在文件中。你可以选择写主程序，批处理文件和常见的过程或函数。大量的代码应该是包含在过程和函数中，但是为什么要用主程序和批处理文件，这肯定是有它的原因的。主程序有利于环境的创建，在程序运行后你还可以输入命令来访问它的变量。批处理文件有利于存储那些需要在多个位置键入的代码。 tip 2 place your main routine last in a file and name the file the same as this routine plus a .pro extension. alternatively, you could put each routine in its own file with the same name as the routine plus a .pro extension. following this advice will save a big headache someday. when you manually compile your code, this tip doesnt matter. do this if you want idl to automatically find your code (and you will eventually, probably tomorrow). 把你的主程序放在文件的最后，并把此程序名作为文件名，以.pro为扩展名。或者你可以把每个程序单独放在一个文件里，以程序名作为文件名，以.pro为扩展名。这样做的好处是以后会给你省很多麻烦。当你手动编译你的代码时，这个方法是没什么用的。如果你想要idl自动找到你的代码时（你最终肯定要的，可能就是明天），就要用这个方法了。tip 3 be aware of short integers. the default integer in idl is a 16-bit (short) integer which has a range of -32,768 to 32,767. it is used in situations like: n = 5 where no specific type of integer is specified. if you want to change the default integer, put? compile_opt defint32 at the beginning of every routine where you want to change the behavior. or, always specify the type of integer you want, like n = 5l to create a long integer (32-bit). 注意短整型。idl中默认的整型是16位（“短”）整型，它的取值范围是-32,768到32,767。它用于下例情况下： n = 5? 这里没有指定整数的类型。如果你想要改变默认的整型，键入： compile_opt defint32 在每个你想改变状态的程序的开头，或总是指定你想要的整型类型，如： n = 5l 创建一个长整型（32位） tip 4 put compile_opt strictarr at the beginning of every routine you write. the explanatio