Coyote Graphics Routines

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Utilities

result = cgAppendToFilename(filename, theText)

The purpose of this routine is to allow the user append text to the end of the root name of an absolute file name. The text is appended to the end of the root name (see cgRootName) and before the final file extension.

Return value

The appended filename.

Parameters

filename in required type=string

This file name the text is to be to be appended to. It may be a relative or absolute path name to a file.

theText in required type=string

The text to append to the end of the file root name.

Examples

Append "processed" to a filename:

IDL> thePath = "C:\rsi\idl7.8\lib\jester.img" IDL> outFileName = cgAppendToFilename(thePath, '_processed') IDL> Print, outFileName C:\rsi\idl7.8\lib\jester_processed.img

Author information

Author:

FANNING SOFTWARE CONSULTING:

David W. Fanning 1645 Sheely Drive Fort Collins, CO 80526 USA Phone: 970-221-0438 E-mail: david@idlcoyote.com Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com

Copyright:

Copyright (c)2012, Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.

History:

Change History:

Written by: David W. Fanning, 19 September 2012.

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