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Re: NCDF_ATTCOPY and typecasting [message #49887 is a reply to message #49798]

Fri, 18 August 2006 13:34

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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alexzcervantes@gmail.com writes:

> Here is a chunk of my code:
>
> if(natts gt 0) then begin
> FOR index = 0L, natts - 1L DO BEGIN
> ;----Load the attribute name in attribute name array
> maf_attname = ncdf_attname(mafncid, mafvarid, index)
> ncdf_attget, mafncid, mafvarid, maf_attname, attval
> ncdf_attput, cdfid, l2pvarid, maf_attname, attval, /byte
> ENDFOR
> endif
>
> Everything seems to work except when I have to copy over strings. When
> I typecast a string to byte, I get output like this:
>
> solar_irradiance:_FillValue = -1b ;
> solar_irradiance:scale_factor = 1b ;
> solar_irradiance:add_offset = 0b ;
> solar_irradiance:valid_min = 0b ;
> solar_irradiance:valid_max = 0b ;
> solar_irradiance:long_name = 115b, 111b, 108b, 97b, 114b, 32b, 105b,
> 114b, 114b, 97b, 100b, 105b, 97b, 110b, 99b, 101b ;

So, what do you think is wrong?

IDL> long_name = [115b, 111b, 108b, 97b, 114b, 32b, 105b, 114b, $
114b, 97b, 100b, 105b, 97b, 110b, 99b, 101b]
IDL> print, string(long_name)
solar irradiance

Cheers,

David

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		NCDF_ATTCOPY and typecasting By: alexzcervantes@gmail. on Fri, 18 August 2006 10:26
		Re: NCDF_ATTCOPY and typecasting By: K. Bowman on Mon, 21 August 2006 10:08
		Re: NCDF_ATTCOPY and typecasting By: David Fanning on Mon, 21 August 2006 10:30
		Re: NCDF_ATTCOPY and typecasting By: alexzcervantes@gmail. on Mon, 21 August 2006 10:11
		Re: NCDF_ATTCOPY and typecasting By: alexzcervantes@gmail. on Mon, 21 August 2006 09:40
		Re: NCDF_ATTCOPY and typecasting By: David Fanning on Fri, 18 August 2006 13:34

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