Re: [ferret_users] Putting text on a figure that a value from a calculation in the script

["Paulo B. Oliveira" <pboliveira@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Paul,

I think that you will find the solution using an embedded _expression_, cf.
http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/documentation/users-guide/variables-xpressions/EMBEDDED-XPRESSIONS?searchterm=immedia

Regards,

Paulo
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On Thu, 2016-01-07 at 11:41 -0700, Paul Goddard wrote:
>     Hello,
>     
>     
>     Is it possible to add a label/text to a figure that is the value of a calculation made in the script prior to plotting. For example, I would like to put the value of heat content on my figure where heat content is calculated previously in the same plotting script. I hope to eliminate the need to change the label text in the plotting script each time I tweak the calculation.
>     
>     I know that one can define a symbol and have the label place a string when called upon, ie
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>     def sym val = 0
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>     label "($val)" 
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>     and 0 will be placed on the figure 
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>     
>     ​But this will not work if the defined symbol is an equation and wanting to have the answer placed on the figure.
>     
>     ... I hope this is clear.
>     
>     
>     Thanks in advance,
>     
>     
>     Paul​
>     
>     -- 
>     Paul Goddard
>     
>     PhD Candidate
>     
>     Department of Geosciences
>     
>     University of Arizona
>