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Re: ncdf string array dimension [message #63667 is a reply to message #63573]

Sat, 15 November 2008 00:19

R.Bauer
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changuito schrieb:
> (I solved this, but there were no obvious hits on this group, so i
> thought I'd post it for others scratching their heads in the future.)
> When you want to write a string array to a netcdf file, you may find
> you are getting an error that the dimensions of your variable dont
> match what is declared (in ncdf_vardef). You have to declare the
> maximum length of your strings as the first dimension of the string
> array variable, else it could be ragged. (Which is how you feel after
> combing the IDL documentation for clues).
>
> here's the example that saved the day:
>
> http://www.astro.virginia.edu/class/oconnell/astr511/idl_5.1 _html/idl2d7.htm

thanks, but you should have asked before. No questions - no answers - no
hits.

The reason for this behaviour is that the data is internally stored as
byte array. That makes 2 dimensions.

cheers

Reimar

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