PRO dustem_init_plugins, pd ;INITIALIZING THE SCOPES DATA ARRAYS-------------------- varvar=create_struct('varvar',ptr_new()) plugin_names=[''] plugind_detect_string='dustem_plugin' for i=0L,n_elements(pd)-1 do begin fi=strtrim(strmid(pd(i),0,strlen(plugind_detect_string)),2) if fi eq plugind_detect_string then begin ftn = strmid((*(*!dustem_fit).param_descs)(i),0) ; String containing the name of the plugin and the keyword used (ie: dustem_create_continuum_2) ii = strsplit(ftn,'_',count=countx) ii = ii(countx-1)-1 ; Locating the last underscore to automate the extraction of the plugin's keyword ftn = strmid(ftn,14,ii-14) ; String containing the name of the plugin without the associated keyword plugin_names=[plugin_names,ftn] ENDIF ENDFOR plugin_names=plugin_names[1:*] order=sort(plugin_names) plugin_names=plugin_names[order] un=uniq(plugin_names) plugin_names=plugin_names[un] Nplugins=n_elements(plugin_names) print, 'plugin_names is:' print, plugin_names print, 'Nplugins is:' print, Nplugins IF Nplugins NE 0 THEN BEGIN IF Nplugins GT 1 THEN BEGIN ;case of multiple plugins arr_ptrs=replicate('ptr_new()',Nplugins) str_fin=strjoin(("'"+plugin_names+"'"+','+arr_ptrs),',') str='varvar=create_struct('+str_fin+')' toto=execute(str) print, 'varvar is:' print, varvar defsysv, '!dustem_scope', ptr_new(varvar) ENDIF ELSE BEGIN ;case of one plugin varvar=create_struct(plugin_names,ptr_new()) defsysv, '!dustem_scope', ptr_new(varvar) ENDELSE ENDIF test=(n_tags(varvar) eq 1 && tag_exist(varvar,'varvar')) if test then varvar=create_struct('varvar','ERROR IN DUSTEM_INIT_PLUGINS!') defsysv, '!dustem_scope', ptr_new(varvar) ;--------------------------------------------- ;INITIALIZING THE PLUGIN DATA ARRAYS---------- tgnms=tag_names(varvar) for i=0L, n_tags(varvar)-1 do begin if i eq 0 then strct= create_struct(tgnms(i),ptr_new()) if i ge 1 then strct= create_struct(strct, tgnms(i),ptr_new()) endfor defsysv, '!dustem_plugin', ptr_new(strct) ; structure that will contain the spectra associated to each plugin ; how do I insert a whole structure as a fucking tag? ;--------------------------------------------- end