;+ ;PROCEDURE: tplot_rename ;PURPOSE: ; Simple procedure to perform a rename of tplot variable without copy. ; Uses the store_data,newname= keyword to implement, but performs some ; checks to make it more user friendly. ; ;Inputs(required): ; ; old_name: current name of the variable or index.(string or integer) ; new_name: name the variable will have after procedure call.(string) ; ;$LastChangedBy: pcruce $ ;$LastChangedDate: 2013-09-06 14:36:07 -0700 (Fri, 06 Sep 2013) $ ;$LastChangedRevision: 12962 $ ;$URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/trunk/general/tplot/tplot_rename.pro $ ;- pro tplot_rename,old_name,new_name if tnames(old_name) eq new_name then return ;rename to self is no-op if find_handle(new_name) gt 0 then begin ;checking first suppresses superfluous message from store data store_data,new_name,/delete ;tplot will not overwrite existing with newname keyword endif store_data,old_name,newname=new_name end