On Feb 27, 10:39=A0am, David Fanning <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Raghu writes:
> > In IDL, i'm using filesearch function to read through files of certain
> > types.
> > Since an envi file has no specific extension, i'm not able to figure
> > out how to sort out the files.
> > Here's an example:
>
> > Say i have 2 images in ENVI format. It would look like IMAGE1,
> > IMAGE1.hdr,IMAGE2, IMAGE2.hdr.
> > As you can see, its only the header file which has the extension. When
> > i use the filesearch(image*), i am not
> > able to ignore the header files. These header files are not to be
> > processed.
>
> > Any ideas of how to choose only the images and not the header files,
> > as in this case ?
> > I guess i could convert the files to IMG so that they have an
> > extension, but there must be an easier way.
>
> Are you feeling confident this morning? Charged up?
> If so, you may want to try to wrap your head around
> regular expressions. Here is where I would go for a
> start:
>
> =A0 =A0http://www.ittvis.com/codebank/search.asp?FID=3D311
>
> This points you to Mike Galloy's excellent article on
> the subject. I've been studying the damn things for years
> without making the slightest bit of progress, but maybe
> you will have more luck.
>
> Failing that, I think a WHERE statement to locate the
> parts of the file search array you want to keep
> (or eliminate) wouldn't be totally out of place. :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
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Or, if you know you only have at max image0 thru image9:
result =3D FILE_SEARCH('image?')
Or if your known max is image99:
result =3D FILE_SEARCH('{image?,image??}')
(that is if you're not feeling up to regular expressions)


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