source: trunk/SRC/Utilities/createfunc.pro @ 119

Last change on this file since 119 was 118, checked in by pinsard, 18 years ago

add $ in Calendar, Grid, Interpolation, Obsolete and Postscript *.pro files, add svn:keywords Id to all these files, some improvements in header

  • Property svn:keywords set to Id
File size: 2.7 KB
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1;------------------------------------------------------------
2;------------------------------------------------------------
3;------------------------------------------------------------
4;+
5; @file_comments write an idl function, compile it and execute it.
6; usefull to avoid the use of execute
7;
8; @param command {in}{required} a scalar string defining the result to be
9; given back by the function. (see examples)
10;
11; @keyword FILENAMEIN {in} name of the funccedure to be created.
12;      'for_createfunc.pro' by default
13;
14; @keyword KWDLIST {in} a vector string. to specify a list of keywords that
15;      must be included in the function definition. Warning: the string
16;      must start with a ',' for example: KWDLIST = ', TOTO = toto'
17;
18; @keyword _EXTRA used to pass your keywords to the created function.
19;
20; @restrictions
21; - arguments can be given only through keywords;
22; - ends the function name with '.pro' if needed.
23;
24; @examples
25;      IDL> print, createfunc('3*2', filename='test')
26;      IDL> print, createfunc('3*two', filename = 'test' $
27;                                    , kwdlist ='two = two', two = 2)
28;
29; @history Sebastien Masson (smasson\@lodyc.jussieu.fr)
30;                      May 2005
31;
32; @version $Id$
33;
34;-
35;------------------------------------------------------------
36;------------------------------------------------------------
37;------------------------------------------------------------
38FUNCTION createfunc, command, FILENAMEIN = filenamein $
39               , KWDLIST = kwdlist, _EXTRA = ex
40;
41  compile_opt idl2, hidden, strictarrsubs
42;
43  IF n_elements(command) NE 1 THEN stop
44; define filename if needed
45  if NOT keyword_set(filenamein) then filename = 'for_createfunc.pro' $
46  ELSE filename = filenamein
47; get the name of the function (not the name of the file containing the function)
48   shortfilename =  file_basename(filename, '.pro')
49; check if the directory exists
50   dirname = isadirectory(file_dirname(filename) $
51                          , title = 'Redefine '+shortfilename+'.pro directory')
52   IF size(dirname, /type) NE 7 THEN return, -1
53;
54   filename = dirname + shortfilename + '.pro'
55; create the file
56   if NOT keyword_set(kwdlist) then kwdlist = ''
57   kwdlist = kwdlist + ', _EXTRA = ex'
58   IF strmid(kwdlist, 0, 1) NE ',' THEN kwdlist = ', ' +  kwdlist
59   putfile, filename, ['function ' + shortfilename + kwdlist $
60                       , 'compile_opt idl2, hidden, strictarrsubs' $
61                       , 'res = ' + command $
62                       , 'return, res' $
63                       , 'end']
64; go in dirname directory
65   cd, dirname, current = old_dir
66; compile it
67   resolve_routine, shortfilename, /is_function
68   cd, old_dir
69; execute it
70   res = call_function(shortfilename, _EXTRA = ex)
71;
72   return, res
73end
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