<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'><P>Thanks Mike. Looking forward to using your extension. Will help test when you're ready.<BR>Diane - Thanks for syntax. Will try that too. </P>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks,<BR>Mark</FONT></DIV><BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Michael Fiorino" <Michael.Fiorino@NOAA.GOV><BR>To: GRADSUSR@LIST.CINECA.IT<BR>Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 7:31:58 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific<BR>Subject: Re: mfhilo<BR><BR>hi diane and mark,<BR><BR>i'm working mfhilo as we speak, the current one in opengrads2.0 is<BR>definitely broken... will put a beta version out next week...<BR><BR>/r mike<BR><BR>Diane Stokes wrote:<BR>> Hi, Mark.<BR>><BR>> I don't have a version of grads with extensions, so I can't confirm this<BR>> myself. However, the doc indicates that mfhilo is a grads command, not<BR>> a function. So, in your script, try simply:<BR>> 'mfhilo (prmslmsl/100) CL,h|l'<BR>><BR>> Diane<BR>><BR>><BR>> Mark Sponsler wrote:<BR>>> Hello,<BR>>> I'm trying to use mfhilo and am having problems. Likely a deficiency on<BR>>> my part. Any help or nudge in the right direction would be appreciated.<BR>>><BR>>> I've downloaded and installed GrADS 2.0.a5.oga.4 on Wind XP in an<BR>>> attempt<BR>>> to get access to mfhilo. Normal scripts work fine using it.<BR>>><BR>>> I've consulted the wiki here: http://opengrads.org/doc/udxt/libmf/<BR>>> and constructed a crude attempt to access the function:<BR>>><BR>>> 'open file.ctl'<BR>>> 'set lat'<BR>>> 'set long'<BR>>> 'set gxout contour'<BR>>> 'd prmslmsl/100'<BR>>><BR>>> no problems so far, then...<BR>>><BR>>> 'result = mfhilo (prmslmsl/100) CL,h|l'<BR>>><BR>>> minmax = sublin(result,1)<BR>>><BR>>> say 'minmax = 'minmax<BR>>><BR>>> Receive error<BR>>> Sytax Error: Invalid operand<BR>>> 'mfhilo' not a variable or function name<BR>>><BR>>> Does anyone have a example or some guidance on how to use this function?<BR></div></body></html>