Introduction to Programming with IDL Interactive Data Language

Name: Introduction to Programming with IDL Interactive Data Language
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ISBN: 9780120885596

ISBN-10: 012088559X

ISBN-13: 9780120885596

Edition: 2005

Authors: Kenneth P. Bowman

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This introduction emphasises the fundamental concepts and practical topics in clear and conscise language. It also contains summaries and exercises at the end of each chapter.

Book details

List price: $67.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 1/5/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 7.24" wide x 10.24" long x 0.28" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



IDL Basics



Introduction



What Is IDL?



IDL Resources



The IDL Software System



IDL Manuals and Books



Features of This Book



IDL Documentation from Research Systems



Other IDL Books



Interactive IDL



IDL Commands



Setting Up IDL



Starting and Exiting IDL



Interrupting and Restarting IDL Calculations



Simple IDL Statements



Getting Information



Variables



Arrays



Graphics



Summary



Exercises



IDL Scripts (Batch Jobs)



IDL Commands and Notation



A Note on Files and File Names



Making a Script



Journaling



Summary



Exercises



Integer Constants and Variables



IDL Commands and Notation



Decimal and Binary Notation



Byte Constants and Variables



Int Constants and Variables



Long Constants and Variables



Other Integer Types



Converting One Integer Type to Another



Summary



Exercises



Floating-Point Constants and Variables



IDL Commands and Notation



Development of Floating-Point Methods



Limitations of Floating-Point Arithmetic



Single-Precision Constants and Variables



Double-Precision Constants and Variables



Type Conversion



Rounding



Infinities and Not-a-Numbers



Summary



Exercises



Using Arrays



IDL Procedures and Functions



Creating Arrays



Arithmetic with Arrays



Index Arrays



Generating a Coordinate Array



Changing the Shape of an Array



Using Part of an Array



Expanding or Shrinking (Rebinning) an Array



Reversing an Array



Rotating or Transposing an Array



Shifting an Array



Summary



Exercises



Searching and Sorting



IDL Procedures and Functions



Finding Values in an Array That Satisfy a Logical Condition



Sorting an Array



Finding a Value in a Sorted Array



Summary



Exercises



Structures



IDL Commands and Keywords



Named Structures



Anonymous Structures



Hierarchical Structures



Additional Topics



Summary



Exercises



Input and Output



Printing Text



IDL Commands and Keywords



Free-Format Output



Formatted Output



Printing a Table



Output to Files



Summary



Exercises



Reading Text



IDL Commands and Keywords



Reading Text from the Terminal



Reading Text from Files



Summary



Exercises



Writing and Reading Binary Files



IDL Commands and Keywords



Writing Binary Files



Reading Binary Files



Exchanging Files with Fortran Programs



Summary



Exercises



Reading NetCDF Files



IDL Procedures and Functions



NetCDF Basics



Reading Attributes



A Real Data File



Summary



Exercises



Writing NetCDF Files



IDL Procedures and Functions



Writing a NetCDF File



Writing Parts of an Array



Summary



Exercises



Program Structure and Control



Procedures and Functions



IDL Commands and Keywords



Built-in Procedures and Functions



Writing Procedures



Writing Functions



Keyword Parameters



Optional Parameters



Summary



Exercises



Program Control



IDL Commands and Keywords



BEGIN... END Statements



IF... THEN... ELSE Statements



FOR Loops



WHILE Loops



Other Control Structures



Summary



Graphics



Line Graphs



IDL Commands for Plotting Line Graphs



Plotting Styles



Titles and Labels



Axes



Multiple Plots Per Page



Summary



Contour and Surface Plots



IDL Commands and Keywords



Contour Plots



Surface Plots



Shaded Surface Plots



Summary



Mapping



IDL Commands and Keywords



Drawing Maps



Contour Plots on Maps



Other Plots on Maps



Summary



Printing Graphics



IDL Commands and Keywords



Device Drivers



The PostScript Device



The PRINTER Device



Some Limitations of the PRINTER and PS Devices



Summary



Exercises



Color and Image Display



IDL Commands and Keywords



Color Basics



24-Bit Devices



8-Bit Devices



Printing Color Output



Summary



Animation



IDL Commands and Keywords



Background



Using XINTERANIMATE



Summary



Exercises



Applications



Statistics and Pseudorandom Numbers



IDL Commands and Keywords



Pseudorandom Numbers



Basic Statistics



Regression and Correlation



Curve Fitting



Significance Tests



Summary



Interpolation



IDL Commands and Keywords



Background



1-D Interpolation



Bilinear Interpolation



Higher Dimensions



Irregular Grids



Summary



Fourier Analysis



IDL Commands and Keywords



Background



The IDL FFT



Fourier Filtering



Summary



Exercises



An IDL Style Guide



IDL Style Rules



Examples of Good and Bad Style



IDL Reserved Words



Example Procedures, Functions, Scripts, and Data Files



Example Procedures, Functions, Scripts



Data Files


Bibliography


Index