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--- classes:2008:fall:astro4001.001:graphics [2008/10/16 12:26] – alex
+++ classes:2008:fall:astro4001.001:graphics [2008/10/23 11:48] (current) – heger
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 ITT send me a link to their online resources with tutorials at
 [[http://www.ittvis.com/ProductServices/IDL/IDLTutorials.aspx]].
+There is only a very limited number of IDL licenses at SDVL/MSI computers.  Better use the physics computers.
 ===== Getting Started =====
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 The first parameter gives the name of the matrix, the second the name of the file to load.  We use an optional parameter ``o=6`` to skip the first six lines.
-  IDL> readdmatrix,a,'output.txt',o=6
+  IDL> readmatrix,a,'output.txt',o=6
+You can now assign the different columns of the array to vectors:
+  IDL> rho=a[*,1]
+  IDL> Tc=a[*,2]
+We can make a first plot:
+  lDL> plot,rho,Tc
+===== A Convenient Utility - Demo =====
+At [[http://webusers.physics.umn.edu/~alex/stellarevolution/AST-4001/EZ]] you can find a demo IDL program [[http://webusers.physics.umn.edu/~alex/stellarevolution/AST-4001/EZ/readez.pro|readez.pro]] that reads in the EZ output without editing (explained on 2008/10/23 in class).
+It uses the two demo files form homework problem set 1,
+[[http://webusers.physics.umn.edu/~alex/stellarevolution/AST-4001/EZ/25_02.txt|25_02.txt]] and
+[[http://webusers.physics.umn.edu/~alex/stellarevolution/AST-4001/EZ/25_0001.txt|25_0001.txt]], which are also in this directory.  Save all files in a directory, e.g., ''EZ''.
+There are several subroutines in [[http://webusers.physics.umn.edu/~alex/stellarevolution/AST-4001/EZ/readez.pro|readez.pro]]:
+  PRO readez,name, $
+           rhoc =rhoc , $
+           tc   =tc   , $
+           pc   =pc   , $
+           lum  =lum  , $
+           teff =teff , $
+           time =time , $
+           dt   =dt   , $
+           l_he =l_he , $
+           reff =reff , $
+           mass =mass , $
+           m_he =m_he , $
+           m_env=m_env, $
+           xh1  =xh1  , $
+           xhe4 =xhe4 , $
+           xc12 =xc12 , $
+           xn14 =xn14 , $
+           xo16 =xo16 , $
+           psic =psic , $
+           gamc =gamc
+is used to lead the data file.  The first parameter gives the name of the file to load, then comes a list of optional keyword parameters that allows to extract the desired values.  For example, to load central density and central temperature form the file [[http://webusers.physics.umn.edu/~alex/stellarevolution/AST-4001/EZ/25_02.txt|25_02.txt]] and store in variables x and y, use
+  readez,'25_02.txt',RHOC=x,TC=y
+The file [[http://webusers.physics.umn.edu/~alex/stellarevolution/AST-4001/EZ/readez.pro|readez.pro]] also contains a routine to make an Hertzprung-Russel-Diagram (HRD)
+   PRO hrd,teff,lum, $
+        XRANGE=xr, $
+        YRANGE=yr, $
+        OVERPLOT=over, $
+        LINE=line
+that takes a parameters effective temperature (in K) and luminosity (in solar luminosities), and optional parameters for the x- and y-ranges to plot, whether to overplot, and what line style to use.
+The subroutine
+  PRO rhoctc,tc,rhoc, $
+        XRANGE=xr, $
+        YRANGE=yr, $
+        OVERPLOT=over, $
+        LINE=line
+plots central temperature and density (first two parameters, in cgs units), and the same optional parameters.
+There are also two subroutines,
+  PRO plot2hrd
+and
+  PRO plot2rhoctc
+that demonstrate how to plot multiple tracks in one figure.  Inside these programs, the path (dir0) and file list (files)  needs to be adjusted accordingly.  For example, to load files from the local directory, just set the path to an empty string
+  dir0=''
+Enjoy!

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