[gradsusr] if else statement with string arguments

[Tracey]

Hi Bill,

It still doesn't seem to work even when I take out the parentheses.
Appreciate your suggestion though!  Can GrADS handle argument strings in
if/else statements?

Thanks,
Tracey

On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 3:08 PM Bill Reilly <bill_reilly at compuserve.com>
wrote:

> Tracey:
>
> Try taking out the parentheses () and see if it works.
>
> Bill
>
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> On 26/11/2018 20:18, Tracey wrote:
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> The input string is being read into the script correctly, as I've put a "say
> region" into the script right before the if statement and it is correctly
> outputting "conus."  So it seems to be the actual if statement that is not
> working for some reason.
>
> Thanks,
> Tracey
>
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 2:03 PM Jeff Duda <jeffduda319 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> First test whether the input string is being read into the script
>> correctly. Then check to see if the if block is being tripped by inserting
>> print statements.
>>
>> Jeff Duda
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 11:56 AM Tracey <tdorian10 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I was wondering if any GrADS users could help me with this issue I am
>>> having.  In my GrADS script, I have:
>>>
>>> if (region ='conus')
>>>   'set lat 25 58'
>>>   'set lon 230 297'
>>> endif
>>>
>>> But the above lines are not working.  When I run the GrADS script, I
>>> input a "region" as an argument.  I want to say if the region is "conus",
>>> then set the longitudes and latitudes to these set numbers.  No matter how
>>> I change the quotations and the spaces, it doesn't seem to be re-setting
>>> the latitudes and longitudes.  What am I doing wrong?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Tracey
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>>
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