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Re: pointer question
John-David Smith <jdsmith@astro.cornell.edu> writes:
> On an only slightly related note, does everyone know that you can recover a
> pointer to a "lost" heap variable using ptr_valid? Here's an example:
>
...
> IDL> a=ptr_valid(4,/CAST)
> IDL> print,*a
> 1
So, is there a way to go the *other* direction? Which is to say, if
you have a pointer, can you get its index number? [ not using HELP of
course. ]
Craig
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