Re: Bug with str_capital in 6.1.0-beta

Hi Ryan,

Thanks for reporting this. It's a bug we've already fixed, and it will be in V6.1.0:

http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/future_release.shtml#BugsFixed6.1.0

--Mary

On Aug 27, 2012, at 8:44 AM, Ryan Pavlick wrote:

> Oops, made a mistake in my workaround.
>
> It should have read:
>
> strs = "aasfdadfs asfadsf asdfadf"
> old_strs = strs
> new_strs = str_capital(strs)
> strs = old_strs
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Ryan Pavlick <ryan.pavlick@gmail.com> wrote:
>> NCL developers,
>>
>> I found a bug in the 6.1.0-beta in the function str_capital.
>>
>> The function should return strings with all words capitalized in every
>> input string. In the latest version, it also changes the input
>> string.
>>
>> I provided some output below to show illustrate the problem.
>>
>> A quick workaround for anyone experiencing problems is:
>>
>> strs = "aasfdadfs asfadsf asdfadf"
>> old_strs = strs
>> new_strs = str_capital(old_strs)
>> strs = old_strs
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Ryan Pavlick
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Copyright (C) 1995-2011 - All Rights Reserved
>> University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
>> NCAR Command Language Version 6.0.0
>> The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
>> See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.
>> +
>> + strs = (/"NCL has many features common to modern programming languages,",
>> + "including types, variables, operators, expressions,",
>> + "conditional statements, loops, and functions and procedures."/)
>> + new_strs = str_capital(strs)
>> + print(new_strs)
>>
>>
>> Variable: new_strs
>> Type: string
>> Total Size: 24 bytes
>> 3 values
>> Number of Dimensions: 1
>> Dimensions and sizes: [3]
>> Coordinates:
>> (0) NCL Has Many Features Common To Modern Programming Languages,
>> (1) Including Types, Variables, Operators, Expressions,
>> (2) Conditional Statements, Loops, And Functions And Procedures.
>> + print(strs)
>>
>>
>> Variable: strs
>> Type: string
>> Total Size: 24 bytes
>> 3 values
>> Number of Dimensions: 1
>> Dimensions and sizes: [3]
>> Coordinates:
>> (0) NCL has many features common to modern programming languages,
>> (1) including types, variables, operators, expressions,
>> (2) conditional statements, loops, and functions and procedures.
>>
>>
>> Copyright (C) 1995-2012 - All Rights Reserved
>> University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
>> NCAR Command Language Version 6.1.0-beta
>> The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
>> See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.
>> + strs = (/"NCL has many features common to modern programming languages,",
>> + "including types, variables, operators, expressions,",
>> + "conditional statements, loops, and functions and procedures."/)
>> + new_strs = str_capital(strs)
>> + print(new_strs)
>>
>>
>> Variable: new_strs
>> Type: string
>> Total Size: 24 bytes
>> 3 values
>> Number of Dimensions: 1
>> Dimensions and sizes: [3]
>> Coordinates:
>> (0) NCL Has Many Features Common To Modern Programming Languages,
>> (1) Including Types, Variables, Operators, Expressions,
>> (2) Conditional Statements, Loops, And Functions And Procedures.
>> + print(strs)
>>
>>
>> Variable: strs
>> Type: string
>> Total Size: 24 bytes
>> 3 values
>> Number of Dimensions: 1
>> Dimensions and sizes: [3]
>> Coordinates:
>> (0) NCL Has Many Features Common To Modern Programming Languages,
>> (1) Including Types, Variables, Operators, Expressions,
>> (2) Conditional Statements, Loops, And Functions And Procedures.
>> +
>
>
>
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> Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
>
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