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20040630: Gempak - Unix - GEMPAK: HILO variable functionality

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  • Subject: 20040630: Gempak - Unix - GEMPAK: HILO variable functionality
  • Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 15:52:42 -0600
Richard,

You have the  low and high ranges reversed in your HILO parameter.

The 3rd field for ranges is:
  rangeh;rangel

you have your low range first, where the high range should be first.

You should be able to specify if necessary:
5-50;-50--5

The "--" sequence does not cause a problem in my tests.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support

>From: "Richard Yablonsky" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200406302332.i5UNW4u1010774

>Institution: NCSU
>Package Version: 5.6
>Operating System: Unix
>Hardware Information: Sun Solaris
>Inquiry: Hello,
>
>I am trying to use GDCNTR to plot difference fields.  My goal is to display th
> e single largest positive value and the single largest negative value.  There
> fore, I have set my HILO variable as shown below:
>
>HILO = 1/X#1;X#1///1;1/yes
>
>Sometimes, the program works correctly, but because my difference field is som
> etimes noisy, it has a hard time plotting the two values in certain instances
> .  Presumably, I can fix this problem by reducing the range, but how do I inc
> lude negative values in my range?  That is, I want to be able to do something
>  like this:
>
>HILO = 1/X#1;X#1/-50--5;5-50//1;1/yes
>
>However, I do not think that the program likes this negative sign syntax.  Is 
> there a way to get around this?
>
>
>
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