idl Overview

The Interactive Data Language (IDL) is a programming language used across scientific disciplines to create meaningful visualizations out of complex numerical data.
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Usage

IDL is available as a module: 
module load idl
idl
You need 2 files to get started: a data file and a batch file. The batch file contains commands to load the data of the data file into IDL. data.dat: 
 Temperature (K)  Pressure (mm Hg)
 286.0  0.0
 288.2  6  
 304.6  11
 310.4  22
 316.6  32
 322.4  47
open.bat: 
openr, lun, 'Blanco.dat', /Get_LUN
header = Strarr(1)
BData = Fltarr(2,6)
readf, lun, header, Bdata
free_LUN, lun
  Next, open the IDL interpreter and run: 
idl> @open.bat
idl> temp = reform(Bdata(0,*))
idl> press = reform(Bdata(1,*))
idl> plot, temp, press
This will open a window with a plot of the data in it.
Builds

TITAN

  • 8.2
  • 8.2.3

RHEA

  • 8.2
  • 8.2.3