[netCDF #DHW-277522]: ncdump doesn't display enough digits

Yes.

On 8/24/2016 7:11 PM, Ryo Furue wrote:
> New Client Reply: ncdump doesn't display enough digits
>
> Hi Dennis,
>
> address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> One more point. The equality test used in ncdump:
>> Given two values v1 and v2
>>   |v1-v2| <= |double_eps * v2|
>> where the default double_eps is 2.2204460492503131e-16
>>
>
> Do you use this comparison to compare against the Fillvalue ?
>
> ncdump displays a Fillvalue in variables with "-", but for my sample netCDF
> file I sent you yesterday, the values very closed to Fillvalue in the
> variable are displayed as numbers, not with "-".
>
> By the way, in your code above, why do you use v2 for "double_eps * v2" ?
> I suppose it should be double_eps * max( abs(v1), abs(v2) ) or something
> like that? (Also, I suppose you use different epsilons are used for
> different precisions, right?)
>
> Regards,
>
> Ryo
>
>
>
> Ticket Details
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> Ticket ID: DHW-277522
> Department: Support netCDF
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Open
> Link:  
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: DHW-277522
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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