[gradsusr] Script errors

Jeffrey Duda jdduda at iastate.edu
Mon Jan 10 12:48:35 EST 2011


Darren,
Did you try putting in 0.0 instead of just 0?  Perhaps there is a difference
in how Grads is reading the precision of that number and in how your system
is.

Jeff

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Murphy, Darren W <dwmurphy at nps.edu> wrote:

> Austin,
>
> Thanks for checking out the script.  I had been doing some testing of the
> script and changing the logic to check to see if it was by default entering
> the statement.  I forgot to change it back.  Those lines should read...
>
>
> >> if (minval > 0)
> >> prompt 'minval greater than 0'
>
> The problem persists though.  With minval of -0.52 it still enters the
> minval>0 statement.
>
> Thanks,
> Darren
>
> On 1/10/11 7:57 AM, "Austin Conaty" <Austin.L.Conaty at nasa.gov> wrote:
>
> > Darren,
> >
> > if (minval <= 0)
> > prompt 'minval greater than 0'
> >
> > I think this is where you have a logic problem
> >
> > If minval less than or equal to zero
> > prompt minval greater than zero
> >
> > Is this really what you mean to do?
> >
> > Murphy, Darren W wrote:
> >> All,
> >>
> >> I¹m using Grads 2.0.a9.
> >>
> >> The script below throws a couple of errors.  Earlier I thought it was an
> >> string
> >> not compatible with numeric calculations.  Following Jeff Duda¹s (Thank
> you
> >> Jeff) advice I found some errors in the script syntax.  I can verify
> that the
> >> script is accepting the user input, and that that the ³maxval² and
> ³minval²
> >> values are correct.
> >>
> >> The first issue is the if statements.  I have a value of minval being
> -.52
> >> and
> >> still entering the if statement for minval greater than 0.
> >>
> >> Second I am getting an error ³SET error:  Missing or invalid arguments
> for
> >> CLEVS
> >> option².  I can also verify that the cvals1 through cval8 are being
> >> calculated,
> >> but perhaps I have a syntax error on that line?
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Darren
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> prompt 'Enter EOF #: '
> >> pull EF
> >>
> >> eofnum = EF
> >>
> >> 'clear'
> >> 'set poli on'
> >> 'set ccolor 0'
> >>
> >> 'open
> >>
> /Users/Darren/Desktop/output/MaxT_2x2x1dy_NormByMeanSTD_Afg_1979to2009_1to365
> >> _EOF_eof.ctl'
> >>
> >> 'q dims'
> >> res2 = sublin(result,2)
> >> res3 = sublin(result,3)
> >> lon1 = subwrd(res2,6)
> >> lon2 = subwrd(res2,8)
> >> lat1 = subwrd(res3,6)
> >> lat2 = subwrd(res3,8)
> >>
> >> 'set z 'eofnum
> >>
> >> 'maxval = max(max(eof,lon='lon1',lon='lon2'),lat='lat1',lat='lat2')'
> >> 'minval = min(min(eof,lon='lon1',lon='lon2'),lat='lat1',lat='lat2')'
> >>
> >> * BLUE shades
> >> 'set rgb 16 0 0 255'
> >> 'set rgb 17 55 55 255'
> >> 'set rgb 18 110 110 255'
> >> 'set rgb 19 165 165 255'
> >> 'set rgb 20 220 220 255'
> >>
> >> * RED shades
> >> 'set rgb 21 255 220 220'
> >> 'set rgb 22 255 165 165'
> >> 'set rgb 23 255 110 110'
> >> 'set rgb 24 255 55 55'
> >> 'set rgb 25 255 0 0'
> >>
> >> 'cval1 = 'minval'/5*4'
> >> 'cval2 = 'minval'/5*3'
> >> 'cval3 = 'minval'/5*2'
> >> 'cval4 = 'minval'/5*1'
> >>
> >> 'cval5 = 'maxval'/5*1'
> >> 'cval6 = 'maxval'/5*2'
> >> 'cval7 = 'maxval'/5*3'
> >> 'cval8 = 'maxval'/5*4'
> >>
> >> if (minval <= 0)
> >> prompt 'minval greater than 0'
> >> 'minval = 0'
> >> 'cval1 = 'maxval'/10*1'
> >> 'cval2 = 'maxval'/10*2'
> >> 'cval3 = 'maxval'/10*3'
> >> 'cval4 = 'maxval'/10*4'
> >> 'cval5 = 'maxval'/10*5'
> >> 'cval6 = 'maxval'/10*6'
> >> 'cval7 = 'maxval'/10*7'
> >> 'cval8 = 'maxval'/10*8'
> >>
> >> endif
> >>
> >> if (maxval < 0)
> >> prompt 'maxval less than 0 '
> >> 'maxval = 0'
> >> 'cval1 = 'minval'/10*8'
> >> 'cval2 = 'minval'/10*7'
> >> 'cval3 = 'minval'/10*6'
> >> 'cval4 = 'minval'/10*5'
> >> 'cval5 = 'minval'/10*4'
> >> 'cval6 = 'minval'/10*3'
> >> 'cval7 = 'minval'/10*2'
> >> 'cval8 = 'minval'/10*1'
> >>
> >> endif
> >>
> >> 'set gxout shaded'
> >> 'set clevs minval cval1 cval2 cval3 cval4 cval5 cval6 cval7 cval8
> maxval'
> >> 'set ccols 16 17 18 19 20 1 21 22 23 24 25'
> >>
> >> 'set mpt * off'
> >> 'set mpdset hires'
> >> 'set mpt 0 0 1 7'
> >> 'set mpt 1 0 1 7'
> >> 'draw map'
> >>
> >> 'set background 1'
> >> 'set annot 0 5'
> >> 'd eof(z='eofnum')'
> >>
> >> 'run /Users/Darren/Desktop/cbarm.gs'
> >>
> >>
> >> 'close 1'
> >>
> >
>
>
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Jeff Duda
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