[netCDF #HZO-280115]: How to retrieve the liste of Name variable

Hello Christophe,

NetCDF files contain variables, dimensions and attributes (at the minimum. They 
may also contain groups depending on if you are using netCDF3 or netCDF4).  As 
such, I'm not sure what you mean by 'the first column'.  If you are trying to 
get a list of all the variables, you can first get a list of the variable IDs 
using `nc_inq_varids()`.  You can then iterate over the list of variable Is, 
calling `nc_inq_varname()` on each one to get the associated variable name.  

If you mean instead that you have a variable named 'name' and the data 
contained within are the various variable names into an array of the 
appropriate type using `nc_get_vara()`.  

You can find the documentation on these functions at 
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs, and if you have further 
questions please don't hesitate to contact us!

-Ward

> Full Name: Christophe
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> Organization: ixBlue
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> Description of problem:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have a NetCDF file .nC. The first column is called name : It is the
> name of variable.
> 
> How to get the list of the name of the variable ?
> 
> I am developping in C.
> 
> Thx,
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: HZO-280115
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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