Re: line too long

[Ansley Manke <ansley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Steve,
As of Ferret version 5.3, a command line can be up to 2048 characters
long; and long lines can be broken up using a backslash to make them
readable:

LET cover2 = IF cover eq 1 or cover eq 3 or cover eq 7 or \
cover eq 8 or cover eq 10 or cover eq 12 ...

There's a handy table in the Users Guide listing many of the hard-coded
limits in Ferret; look up "limits, Ferret program limits" in the index,
http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/Documentation/Users_Guide/current/fer_html.htm

Ansley

Steve Knox wrote:

> Hi,
> What is the max line length that ferret can handle?
> I'm creating a mask with many non-consecutive values
> For example, I have an ugly statement like this:
> let cover2 = IF cover eq 1 or cover eq 3 or cover eq 7 or cover eq 8 or
> cover eq 10 or cover eq 12 ...
> ...
> or cover eq 63 or cover eq 89 or cover eq 92 or cover eq 94 then cover
>  **ERROR: line too long: q 94 then cover
>
> How can this be broken up into several lines?
>
> Steve Knox
> NREL
> Colorado State University

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Ansley Manke  Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory  Seattle WA  (206)526-6246