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An identifier with a leading digit is allowed, but the leading digit must be escaped. So in your example change 1g -> \1g =Dennis Heimbigner Unidata Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: TLO-836022 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed