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Re: 970107: how to change data in a variable

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  • Subject: Re: 970107: how to change data in a variable
  • Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 09:05:10 -0700
>To: address@hidden
>From: "R. Bauer" <address@hidden>
>Subject: Re: 970107: how to change data in a variable
>Organization: Forschungszentrum Juelich Gmbh (KFA)
>Keywords: 199701071348.GAA20327

> > Without knowing whether you are using the C, Fortran, C++, perl, or new
> > netcdf-3 C interface, I can't tell you exactly what functions to call.
> > 
> 
> I am using idl 4.01.

The IDL interface to netCDF is supported by RSI. You should be able to
open the file for writing, change the values of a variable, and rewrite
it with the appropriate IDL routines:

  NCDF_OPEN
  NCDF_VARGET
  NCDF_VARPUT
  NCDF_CLOSE

You must use the keyword "WRITE" with NCDF_OPEN to open a file for
modification, since the default in IDL is to open netCDF files as
read-only.  You only need NCDF_VARGET if the new values depend on the
old values.

--Russ

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Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
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