NCDF_DIMINQ

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The NCDF_DIMINQ procedure retrieves the name and size of a dimension in a netCDF file, given its ID. The size for the unlimited dimension, if any, is the maximum value used so far in writing data for that dimension.

Syntax

NCDF_DIMINQ, Cdfid, Dimid, Name, Size

Arguments

Cdfid

The netCDF ID, returned from a previous call to NCDF_OPEN or NCDF_CREATE.

Dimid

The netCDF dimension ID, returned from a previous call to NCDF_DIMID or NCDF_DIMDEF, or an indexed number from 0 to NDIMS-1 that indexes the desired dimension. The first dimension has a DIMID of 0, the second dimension has a DIMID of 1, and so on.

Name

A named variable in which the dimension name is returned (a scalar string).

Size

A named variable in which the size of the dimension is returned (a scalar longword integer)

Keywords

None

Examples

See NCDF_VARPUT.

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