Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming

A guide to IDL (Interactive Data Language) programming, example programs, and other resources.

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Representing Binary or Hexadecimal Numbers

Representing Binary or Hexadecimal Numbers in IDL.

Reading ASCII Data Files

Reading an ASCII column data file in IDL. ... Reading ASCII Data Files. QUESTION: I have an ASCII data file named exp2b9c.dat with a three line header and ...

Interactively Setting the Window/Level of an Image

Setting Contrast/Brightness or Window/Level Interactively in an IDL Image.

Obtaining IDL Structure Tags Recursively

A Recursive IDL Function to Return Structure Tags or Fields.

Drawing a Rubberband Box in Widgets

How to draw a rubberband box in IDL widget programs.

Help! The Sky is Falling!

IDL floating point number representation. ... Help! The Sky is Falling! QUESTION: I'm not sure exactly how to express this question. ...