Using spaces and hyphens in feature names

[Jan d.]

Are you guys aware that you should NEVER use spaces and hyphens in feature names? If you do, you can do everything you like, EXCEPT assign them to variables! Following is just a warning. I used them everywhere, now I need to undo all that. Oh well.


Jan.

DATUM -H- SH3 E7=FEAT/PLANE,RECT,TRIANGLE
            THEO/-2.7809,0.17235,2.51653,0,0,1
            ACTL/-2.78454,0.17108,2.51644,-0.0000091,0.000002,1
            CONSTR/PLANE,BF,PNT5,PNT6,PNT7,PNT1,PNT2,PNT3,PNT4,,
            OUTLIER_REMOVAL/OFF,3
            FILTER/OFF,WAVELENGTH=0
DATUM-H-   =FEAT/PLANE,RECT,TRIANGLE
            THEO/-2.7809,0.17235,2.51653,0,0,1
            ACTL/-2.78454,0.17108,2.51644,-0.0000091,0.000002,1
            CONSTR/PLANE,BF,PNT5,PNT6,PNT7,PNT1,PNT2,PNT3,PNT4,,
            OUTLIER_REMOVAL/OFF,3
            FILTER/OFF,WAVELENGTH=0
DATUMH     =FEAT/PLANE,RECT,TRIANGLE
            THEO/-2.7809,0.17235,2.51653,0,0,1
            ACTL/-2.78454,0.17108,2.51644,-0.0000091,0.000002,1
            CONSTR/PLANE,BF,PNT5,PNT6,PNT7,PNT1,PNT2,PNT3,PNT4,,
            OUTLIER_REMOVAL/OFF,3
            FILTER/OFF,WAVELENGTH=0
            ASSIGN/V6 = [COLOR="red"]DATUM -H- SH3 E7.HIT[1].Z [/COLOR]           
            ASSIGN/V7 = [COLOR="Red"]DATUM-H-.HIT[1].Z[/COLOR]
            ASSIGN/V1 = DATUMH.HIT[1].Z

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

OLD news, lots of us been preaching about NOT using ANY math 'functions' as part of a feature name. I been preaching forever about sticking to old DOS naming conventions to avoid ALL possible ID problems. No characters, numbers and letters only, no spaces.

[Wes Cisco]

Oh Yeah! The underscore is a great substitute.

[Jeffrey Lovely]

Try DATUM_H

[#2#]

I always name features after old girlfriends. If I have a pair of large bores they would be JennyRight and JennyLeft. Then a couple of smaller bores would be JaneRight and JaneLeft. If I've got a stud then that one is named Susan - but that is a different story.

J/K

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

I always name features after old girlfriends. If I have a pair of large bores they would be JennyRight and JennyLeft. Then a couple of smaller bores would be JaneRight and JaneLeft. If I've got a stud then that one is named Susan - but that is a different story.

J/K

Ewwwwwww!

[craiger_ny]

They're called operators Hoedemon, someone as old as you may also refer to them as operands. I've been preaching that forever too but YOU haven't picked up on it. Give Jan a break, he's got great programming ideas and questions. BTW stay away from wildcards too.

[Paul Barriage]

Personally I like the term DOOHICKY !!!! and THINGY!!!!

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

They're called operators Hoedemon, someone as old as you may also refer to them as operands. I've been preaching that forever too but YOU haven't picked up on it. Give Jan a break, he's got great programming ideas and questions. BTW stay away from wildcards too.

HoedemAn, I am not some new, wierd version of a POKE-MON

Well, I didn't want to use terms that have been obsolete for generations, didn't want to 'age' myself.

Whatcha mean, I haven't picked up on it? I been here longer than you, booger-boy, so I been preaching it longer than you, so there!

Wasn't picking on Jan, just pointed out that it wasn't news.

That follows with my post to stick with numbers and letters, no CHARACTERS. (that includes YOU, booger-boy! )

[jay R]

todays lesson is.........dang, thats a lot of programs to edit, thank god they were all proto-types and I will never see them again.

In keeping with what Wes said, underscore is ok tho right?

I found out the hard way that using parenthesis doesn't work either, the software would change all of my "names" to the same thing, i.e., "circle(1)", "circle(2)" etc all became "circle"

[craiger_ny]

HoedemAn, I am not some new, wierd version of a POKE-MON

My mistake

Well, I didn't want to use terms that have been obsolete for generations, didn't want to 'age' myself.

Operator is not old nor obsolete, it is the correct nomenclature. Telling people to follow DOS conventions however, does date you.

Whatcha mean, I haven't picked up on it? I been here longer than you, booger-boy, so I been preaching it longer than you, so there!

I'm talking about calling them operators, you have not picked up on that, get with the times. Don't try the "because I'm older than you" or the "because I've been here longer than you" argument. It holds no merit. I didn't buy that stuff on the playground and I won't buy it here.

Wasn't picking on Jan, just pointed out that it wasn't news.

Good I like that dude. I'm sure he can hold his own anyway.

That follows with my post to stick with numbers and letters, no CHARACTERS. (that includes YOU, booger-boy! )

What ever, call them what you want I guess. Who am I to try and teach an old dog new tricks.

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

WOOF! WOOF! Grrrrrrrr!

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

Oh, by the way, I was (trying) to refer to YOU as a character, booger-boy, not meaning that YOU had to call the characters. A little play on words.

You know what a Freudian Slip is, don't you?

It's where you say one thing but mean your mother.

[craiger_ny]

Character is probably the kindest thing I've been called. I'm not touching the mother thing.

Craig

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

Character is probably the kindest thing I've been called. I'm not touching the mother thing.

Craig

OH, the Mother Thing, that is a character from a Heinlein book, "Have Space Suit, Will Travel".