idlastro / Miscellaneous (Non-Astronomy) Procedures: VECT

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NAME
VECT
PURPOSE
Print a set of numbers as a string with delimiters included
EXPLANATION
This function returns the given vector in parenthesized coordinates
as in the form (X,Y).  No limit on the number of dimensions.  Also
note that the vector does not need to be numbers.  It may also be a
string vector.  e.g. ['X','Y']
CALLING SEQEUNCE
tmp = VECT( vctr, [ form, FORMAT = , DELIM =  ] )
INPUT
VCTR      The vector to be displayed  e.g. [56,44]
OPTIONAL KEYWORD INPUT
FORMAT    This KEYWORD allows the specification of a format for the
        elements.  e.g.: VECT([2,3],format='(f7.1)') gives '(2.0,3.0)'
DELIM     This KEYWORD specifies the delimeter.  The default is ',' but
        other useful examples might be ', ' or ':'
OPTIONAL INPUT
FORM      This parameter may be used instead of the keyword FORMAT
OUTPUT
tmp       A returned string of the parenthesized vector
Other Procedures/Functions Called
STRN
HISTORY
03-JUL-90 Version 1 written by Eric W. Deutsch
24-AUG-91 Format='' keyword added (E. Deutsch)
29-AUG-91 FORM parameter added (E. Deutsch)
Converted to IDL V5.0   W. Landsman   September 1997