Re: 20010523: How to read arrays correctly

Stefan,

The following support-email reply might answer your question:

    http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/glimpse/netcdf/4207

Contact me if you have further questions.

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

> To: address@hidden
> From: Stefan Maehlmann <address@hidden>
> Subject: How to read arrays correctly
> Organization: Aerodynamisches Institut Aachen
> Keywords: 200105231132.f4NBWZp12260
> 
> Hello Ladies and Gents,
> 
> i have programed some routiones for data reading and writing and i've always 
> the same problems when i'd like to read an array from a netcdf file. 
> For example, there's an array:
> dimensions X1=64;
>                  X2=32;
> double X(X1,X2) ; 
> stored in a file.
> 
> To read it, i say Xstart=1, Xcount(1)=64(X1) and Xcount(2)=32(X2)
> then call nf_get_vara_double(nc,var_id,Xstart,Xcount,X). 
> But somehow this does not work. 'Edge+start exceeds dimension bound'. 
> If i change the Xcount items X1->X2 and X2->X1 i get the values in a wrong 
> sequence. What's wrong. I'm very glad if you would help me.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Stefan Maehlmann 
> 
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