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[netCDF #ZKH-109656]: Question about writing strings to netcdf

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  • Subject: [netCDF #ZKH-109656]: Question about writing strings to netcdf
  • Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:42:02 -0700
Hi Patrick,

Yes, that's fine and follows a loose convention for names of string-length
dimensions for netCDF-3 character arrays.

For netCDF-4 of course, no string-length dimension is needed, as strings
are supported as a netCDF data type.

--Russ

Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                     http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ZKH-109656
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed