Re: code issue

    Bert> I was trying to make a code that plots spectral lines and I
    Bert> was using the command from the manual

    Bert> fe_lines= where (wl(1.0,10.0) and el_ion(26,[25,26]));

    Bert> This works just fine in interactive mode, but when I put it
    Bert> in a script it says that fe_lines is undefined. If i say
    Bert> variable fe_lines... it says it is an array type not an
    Bert> integer type. I'm not really sure what I should do here any
    Bert> thoughts? Also is there a more comprehensive book somewhere
    Bert> on formatting?

In scripts which you ".load" or use evalfile(), you need to declare
variables, unless you specify

_auto_declare = 1 ; 

How did you get the "array type" message?  The result should be an
Array_Type. 

Here is a simple script, call it tst.sl:

 plasma(aped);

 variable fe_lines= where (wl(1.0,10.0) and el_ion(26,[25,26]));
 () = printf( "typeof(fe_lines) = %S, length(fe_lines) = %S\n", 
     typeof( fe_lines), length(fe_lines) );


Then when you load it, you should see something like this:

  isis> .load ./tst
  Reading database version 1.3.1 from /nfs/cxc/a1/share/atomdb
  Initializing: emissivity data
  Scanning: line emissivity tables [50 hdus]
  hdu:  50/50
  Loading: line emissivity tables [50 hdus]
  hdu:  50/50
  Loading: continuum emissivity tables [50 hdus]
  hdu:  50/50

  typeof(fe_lines) = Array_Type, length(fe_lines) = 288


Perhaps you evaluated fe_lines properly, but then used it in the wrong
context.  E.g, you can do this:

isis> page_group( fe_lines);
#  index        ion   lambda    F (ph/cm^2/s)  A(s^-1)  upper lower   label
 162202 *   Fe XXVI    1.3917    0.000e+00   1.546e+13    19     1 5p~^2P_{3/2} - 1s~^2S_{1/2}
 162201 *   Fe XXVI    1.3919    0.000e+00   1.543e+13    18     1 5p~^2P_{1/2} - 1s~^2S_{1/2}
 162200 *   Fe XXVI    1.4249    0.000e+00   3.066e+13    12     1 4p~^2P_{3/2} - 1s~^2S_{1/2}
 162199 *   Fe XXVI    1.4254    0.000e+00   3.062e+13    11     1 4p~^2P_{1/2} - 1s~^2S_{1/2}
 311290 *   Fe XXVI    1.4475    0.000e+00   0.000e+00  10067     7 
...


since page_group expects an Array_Type variable.


But if you tried to use the result as an Integer_Type in some
function, you will get an error.


    Bert> thoughts? Also is there a more comprehensive book somewhere
    Bert> on formatting?

There is no published book on S-Lang, but for generic S-Lang syntax,
see

   http://www.s-lang.org/docs.html


Hope this helps,

-- Dave

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