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; NAME:

;   ReverseIndices

;
; PURPOSE:

;   Provides a simple way to obtain the data indices from a Histogram REVERSE_INDICES
;   vector. Returns a -1 if no indices are available. Check the COUNT keyword for the
;   number of indices returned.

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; :Description:

;   Provides a simple way to obtain the data indices from a Histogram REVERSE_INDICES
;   vector. Returns a -1 if no indices are available. Check the COUNT keyword for the
;   number of indices returned.

;
; :Categories:

;    Utilities

;    
; :Params:

;    reverse_indices: in, required, type=integer
;         The REVERSE_INDICES vector that is returned from the HISTOGRAM command.
;    index: in, required, type=integer
;         The zero-based index into the REVERSE_INDICES vector from which to obtain
;         the indices. For example, and index value of 4 will return the indices in
;         the 5th bin (zero based counting) of the histogram. 

;       
; :Keywords:

;     count: out, optional, type=Long
;         The number of indices returned by the function.
;         

; :Return Value:

;      indices:
;         The indices that were put into the indexth bin of the histogram. A -1
;         is returned if no indices are in that particular bin.

;          
; :Examples:

;    Used with the HISTOGRAM command::
;       IDL> image = cgDemoData(7)
;       IDL> h = Histogram(image, REVERSE_INDICES=ri)
;       IDL> indices = ReverseIndices(ri, 4, COUNT=cnt)
;       IDL> Help, indices, cnt, h[4]
;       INDICES         LONG      = Array[948]
;       CNT             LONG      =          948
;       <Expression>    LONG      =          948
;       IDL> image[indices] = 0

;       
; :Author:
;       FANNING SOFTWARE CONSULTING::
;           David W. Fanning 
;           1645 Sheely Drive
;           Fort Collins, CO 80526 USA
;           Phone: 970-221-0438
;           E-mail: david@idlcoyote.com
;           Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com
;
; :History:

;     Written by David W. Fanning at suggestion of Ben Tupper. 7 January 2011.
;     

; :Copyright:
;     Copyright (c) 2011, Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
;-

FUNCTION ReverseIndices, ri, index, COUNT=count

   Compile_Opt idl2
   
   ; Error handling.
   Catch, theError
   IF theError NE 0 THEN BEGIN
        Catch, /CANCEL
        void = Error_Message()

        count = 0
        RETURN, -1

   ENDIF
   
   ; Need two parameters.
   IF N_Params() NE 2 THEN Message, 'Two positional parameters, REVERSE_INDICES and INDEX, are required.'
   
   ; Return the indices, if there are any.
   IF ri[index] NE ri[index+1] THEN BEGIN
      indices = ri[ri[index]:ri[index+1]-1]
      count = N_Elements(indices)
   ENDIF ELSE BEGIN
      indices = -1
      count = 0
   ENDELSE
   
   RETURN, indices
   

END