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Re: 20000413: NF_PUT_VAR_REAL bug: no more

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  • Subject: Re: 20000413: NF_PUT_VAR_REAL bug: no more
  • Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 14:43:19 -0600
Michael,

> To: address@hidden
> From: Michael Eckhoff <address@hidden>
> Subject: NF_PUT_VAR_REAL bug: no more
> Organization: .
> Keywords: 200004131531.JAA22736

In the above message, you wrote:

> Thanks for you're prompt reply to
> my problem. As usual, I discovered 
> my mistake 10 minutes after reading your
> reply.

Been there.  Done that.  :-)

> I had to use NF_PUT_VAR_DOUBLE instead
> of NF_PUT_VAR_REAL because my makefile
> was compiling with the -r8 option
> (on a dec alpha). 
>
> The other problem I was having was similar.
> A subroutine was reading the xtype as float,
> and used NF_GET_VAR_REAL to retrieve bad data.

Sounds familiar.

> Sorry for the nuissance, but I really did try
> hard to figure this out on my own.

No problem.  It's a complicated system.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson   <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>