introspection/

mg_helpdef.pro

includes main-level program

Routines

top mg_helpdef

mg_helpdef, var [, output=string]

Print the declaration string for a variable.

Parameters

var in required type=any

variable to find declaration statement for

Keywords

output out optional type=string: set to a named variable to receive the declaration string for the given variable, does not print the output to standard output in this case

Examples

For example, try:

   IDL> a = findgen(10)
   IDL> mg_helpdef, a
   a = fltarr(10)
   IDL> b = { c: findgen(10), d: 5L }
   IDL> mg_helpdef, b
   b = { C: fltarr(10), D: 5L }

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Modification date:	Wed May 14 15:07:14 2014
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Personal IDL library for M. Galloy