Problem with rfits

grayro wrote on Mar 18, 2015

Hi,

I am reposting this, as the original seems to have been lost. I am having a problem with rfits in a simple script which I do not seem to be able to get past. The script is:

string star = "first"

string *nlist

real expos

int f

i = 0

while(star != "null") {

!readstarWFI

list = "current.dat"

j = fscan(list,star)

rfits @list.lis * im

files im* > imlist.lis

list = "imlist.lis"

i = i+1

if(i > 5) break

}

rfits reads in the files, but then the script stops and the file im* > imlist.lis is never executed. The result I get is:

ecl> WFI_2

**: }

^

ERROR: syntax error

called as: `rfits (fits_file=@list.lis, file_list=*, iraf_file=im)'

File: /usr/local/WFI/hd96064B_001.fit -> im00010000.fits size=3352x2532

bitpix=16 bscale=1. bzero=32768. pixtype=ushort

Extension: 1 End of data

File: /usr/local/WFI/hd96064B_002.fit -> im00020000.fits size=3352x2532

bitpix=16 bscale=1. bzero=32768. pixtype=ushort

Extension: 1 End of data

File: /usr/local/WFI/hd96064B_003.fit -> im00030000.fits size=3352x2532

bitpix=16 bscale=1. bzero=32768. pixtype=ushort

Extension: 1 End of data

File: /usr/local/WFI/hd96064B_004.fit -> im00040000.fits size=3352x2532

bitpix=16 bscale=1. bzero=32768. pixtype=ushort

Extension: 1 End of data

"rfits @list.lis * im"

line 11: WFI_2.cl

called as: `WFI_2 ()'

ecl>

I do not know what **: } means. Even though the script complains about rfits, the files are read in correctly. I expect I am doing something dumb, but can't see it at the moment.

Richard

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Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on Mar 26, 2015

The error message pointing to the closing brace makes me think this is being caused by a quick in the CL where an 'if' statement sometimes needs to be terminated with a semicolon to keep the parser from looking for an 'else' statement. In this case, the statement at the end of your loop should look like:

    if (i > 5)
        break
    ;                           # <--- add this
}
 

I'm not sure what the external task produces or what's in the @file created, but post back if this doesn't explain it.

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Last post on Mar 26, 2015