McIDAS-X Learning Guide
Version 2020

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String Tables

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String Tables

Strings are often used as shorthand for typing commonly used commands, parts of commands, or non-executable text, and for initializing your workstation during logon. For example, if you often load satellite images centered around latitude 43:35:15 and longitude 98:25:40, you could assign the string name LL to the string 43:35:15 98:25:40. Then whenever you would normally enter the latitude and longitude coordinates, you could now use the string LL. For example, instead of typing:

IMGDISP dataset frame LATLON=43:35:15 98:25:40

you could type:

IMGDISP dataset frame LATLON=#LL

This lesson describes how to:

The following commands are used in this lesson.
Command Function

ASK1 defines questions to prompt the user for string input
REPEAT repeats a McIDAS command while incrementing command values
TD deletes strings from the string table
TE enters a string into the string table
TL lists the strings in a string table
TU saves, deletes, lists, and restores string tables

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