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20030203:Not a netCDF data type or _FillValue type mismatch

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  • Subject: 20030203:Not a netCDF data type or _FillValue type mismatch
  • Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 13:17:07 -0700
Claudia,

> To: address@hidden
> From: Claudia Schmid <address@hidden>
> Subject: Not a netCDF data type or _FillValue type mismatch
> Organization: UCAR/Unidata

The above message contained the following:

> We are having a problem writing a FillValue that is a string of 14 zeros.
> 
> We are using a library for f90 under unix:
> 265220 Apr  5  2000 /usr/local/lib/libnetcdf.a
> 
> We tried it in this way:
>         iret = nf_put_att_text(ncid, CALIBRATION_DATE_id,
>      *'_FillValue', 14, '00000000000000')
> 
> and got:
> Not a netCDF data type or _FillValue type mismatch

What is the netCDF type of the netCDF variable corresponding to
CALIBRATION_DATE_id?

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