I have been assigned an IDL coding assignment for a class. This language is new to me but I have been programming awhile so this error perplexes me. I cannot use the systime() function to add the date and time to an outputted filename.
Not shown in code: created mosaicRaster containing a mosaicked raster image of 4 geotiffs.
outputRaster = filepath + 'outputFile' + SYSTIME() + '.tif'
mosaicRaster.Export, outputRaster, 'TIFF'
The program completes with no errors.. just does not output my file. If I change it to:
outputRaster = filepath + 'outputFile.tif'
the program runs fine.
I have tried to put STRING() around SYSTIME(), and also around outputRaster.
The funny/weird/miserable thing is that SYSTIME(/SECONDS) runs fine. It is only when SYSTIME does not have a parameter it gives a problem.
Additionally, these statements work:
time = SYSTIME(/SECONDS)
PRINT, SYSTIME()
This does not work (Program exits without outputting my raster):
time = SYSTIME()
Again, there are no errors. I have scoured help documentation and nothing is to be found. My professor has looked at my code and says his looks exactly the same (he runs a mac, I am using a windows VM in the lab). The file is just not outputted. You may ask why do I need to append the filename with the current date... its a requirement on this final project.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Colon's are not valid on Windows and spaces are usually a pain to deal with. Easiest fix is to use IDL_VALIDNAME to fix the date up:
IDL> print, idl_validname(systime(), /convert_all)
Thu_Feb__8_11_01_05_2018