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20040428: netCDF F90 question

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  • Subject: 20040428: netCDF F90 question
  • Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:24:21 -0600
Jingfeng Wang,

> To: address@hidden
> From: Jingfeng Wang <address@hidden>
> Subject: a question about netCDF data
> Organization: MIT
> Keywords: 200404281907.i3SJ7atK027679

The above message contained the following:

> I'm a new user of F90 netcdf. I wonder if the "count" vector of the
> NF90_GET_VAR function can be negative. This is equivalent to reading
> variables from south to north, rather than north to south as normally
> done. Thank you very much for your help. Sincerely,
> 
> 
> Jingfeng Wang
> 
> MIT

The value of the "count" vector eventually reach the C library
implementation and are assumed to be unsigned integers; consequently,
negative values are not allowed.

You can accomplish what you want, however, by appropriately setting the
starting-indices and "stride" vectors in the obvious way.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

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