Re: if statement / isinteger

Sorry the *do* just entered in the email, I don't actually have it in the
script. My problem is that it's returning False, not True...

I want *x* to be always an odd whole number, so say *x=12.3*

*xround = round(x,0) *will be 12
*a = xround/2 *will be 6, except even though it's a whole number,
it's still not an integer, it's a "float" like *x* was originally.

So when I test with *isinteger* it gives me False and doesn't execute the
statement. Intuitively I though the number would "convert itself" to integer
if it was a whole number but of course it stays what it is. I just wanted to
add 1 if my number was even, because I only wanna work with odds.

Any easier way to sort between odds/evens?

Thanks!

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Dennis Shea <shea@ucar.edu> wrote:

> The function returns a logical value [True / False]
>
> function isinteger (
> arg
> )
> return_val [1] : logical <====
>
> Usage
>
> if ( isinteger(a) ) then ; <<< This is if (True) then
>
> a=a+1
> end if
>
> Why do you have "do a=a+1"
> Where did that come from
>
>
>
>
> On 1/27/11 8:13 PM, Paula Doubrawa Moreira wrote:
>
>> Hi-
>> Can anyone help me use if statements and logical structures together?
>>
>> how do I use the function "isinteger" with an if statement?
>>
>> I've tried:
>>
>> *if ( isinteger(a) ) then*
>> *do a=a+1*
>> *end if*
>>
>> *if ( isinteger(a) .eq. "True") then*
>> *do a=a+1*
>> *end if*
>> *
>> *
>> I've tried moving things around in the if statement and even though I
>> know that a is an integer, it's not recognizing my if statement and
>> executing the command!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --
>> *Paula Doubrawa Moreira*/
>> /Graduate Student - Research Assistant
>> International Arctic Research Center
>> University of Alaska Fairbanks
>>
>>
>>
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-- 
*Paula Doubrawa Moreira**
*Graduate Student - Research Assistant
International Arctic Research Center
University of Alaska Fairbanks

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