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[netCDF #CLD-454258]: writing to variable length array of type double

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  • Subject: [netCDF #CLD-454258]: writing to variable length array of type double
  • Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:54:27 -0700
Jon,

There is a C example that creates a ragged array in ncdump/tst_vlen_data.c.

When you run "make check" it gets compiled and run to create a file
tst_vlen_data.nc
that is equivalent to the CDL file ref_tst_vlen_data.cdl (these are all in the
ncdump
directory.  The CDL is very simple:

  netcdf tst_vlen_data {
  types:
    float(*) row_of_floats ;
  dimensions:
        m = 5 ;
  variables:
        row_of_floats ragged_array(m) ;
                row_of_floats ragged_array:_FillValue = {-999} ;
  data:

   ragged_array = {10, 11, 12, 13, 14}, {20, 21, 22, 23}, {30, 31, 32},
      {40, 41}, _ ;
  }

representing a ragged array with 5 rows of length 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1,
with the last element being a fill value.

Sorry, but there is no Fortran example yet.

--Russ



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



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: CLD-454258
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed