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how to list variable names from netCDF file? [message #5351]

Thu, 07 December 1995 00:00

f055
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Registered: April 1995

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Can anyone help me with the following problem?

I am trying to write some IDL code to read in a number of netCDF files, without
knowing in advance the names of the variables in the file. Is there a routine
which can return the variable name of the Nth variable in the file?

Once open, I can use ncdf_inquire to find the number of variables, but
ncdf_varinq says it can only return the name of a variable if you give it
the variable's id, which can be got from calling ncdf_varid. But ncdf_varid
requires the variables name! What I need is an equivalent of ncdf_attname,
which returns the name of the Nth attribute.

What's the solution?

......................... Dr Tim Osborn . t.osborn@uea.ac.uk
.... ___/.. __ /.. /.. /. Senior Research Associate . phone:01603 592089
... /..... /. /.. /.. /.. Climatic Research Unit . fax: 01603 507784
.. /..... __/.. /.. /... School of Environmental Sciences.
. /..... /\ ... /.. /.... University of East Anglia .
____/.._/..\_..____/..... Norwich NR4 7TJ .
......................... UK .

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