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problem passing waveforms as function arguments

Steve Mikes

I'm trying to build a fuction that takes two waveform families as arguments. 

procedure( findBestIMDs(IMDfam PAEfam)

 //function

)

 

I load it in the CIW and try to use it:

 

load("./ocean/fam.ocn")
function findBestIMDs redefined
t
IMD
srrWave:0x2c3178d0
PAE
srrWave:0x2d0db3b0
findBestIMDs(IMD)
*Error* findBestIMDs: too few arguments (2 expected, 1 given) - (srrWave:0x2c3178d0)
findBestIMDs(IMD PAE)
*Error* findBestIMDs: too few arguments (2 expected, 1 given) - (srrWave:0x2d0db740)
findBestIMDs(IMD PAE PAE)
*Error* findBestIMDs: too many arguments (2 expected, 3 given) - (srrWave:0x2c3178d0 srrWave:0x2d0db3b0 srrWave:0x2d0db3b0)

 

Why, when I provide the two wave families as arguments, does the srrWave number change and it say there's only 1?

Thanks!

 

  •  No one might be able to help you here since you did not provide your procedure content.

  • There's nothing special about waveform or family objects. As far as SKILL is concerned these are just variables containing a special type of object - it wouldn't treat them any differently in terms of how they are passed to the function.

    My guess is that your code has a recursive call inside (maybe using famMap?) which is only passing a single argument to the function. The first and third examples are failing (correctly) because the wrong number of arguments were being passed, and the second is passing that hurdle, but failing when the same function is recursively called.

    Of course, this is a wild guess because (as Bernd said) you didn't show your code, so it's hard to be sure.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  •  Mr. Beckett, you are the Sherlock Holmes of SKILL code.

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