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[Support #KOM-880811]: chunksize, NC_STRING questions

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  • Subject: [Support #KOM-880811]: chunksize, NC_STRING questions
  • Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 11:37:06 -0600
Charlie- Russ pointed me at this support question from you.
I am not sure I understand the issue.

Attributes created by ncgen (not ncgen4), say :x="abc",
are of necessity created as char types
because the string type does not exist
for classic files (or netcdf-4 classic files).

For a netcdf4 non-classic file, an untyped attribute
such as x above will be created as a string typed
attribute. You can force char typing,  I believe by using
a sequence of char constants.
  :x = 'a', 'b', 'c'

=Dennis Heimbigner


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: KOM-880811
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Open