Investigating Files and Data
There are a number of routines and functions in IDL that allow you to quickly access information about your data. While it is always a good idea to know your data before processing, the routines in this chapter can help you uncover details of arrays, expressions, SAVE files, objects, or specific images.
See the following sections for details:
Accessing Information in iTools
When you are working in the iTools, there are a number of ways to get information about variable data, an object's properties, an image's statistical information, and the data hierarchy. For more information about these options, see the following topics:
- About the Data Manager (iTool User's Guide) provides information on data associated with a visualization
- The iTool Visualization Browser (iTool User's Guide) provides information on the properties of a visualization
- Additional Operations (iTool User's Guide) describes the Histogram and Statistics windows available in iTools
