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[netCDF #UKJ-700587]: How to read 1-D string array from a netcdf in Fortran?

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  • Subject: [netCDF #UKJ-700587]: How to read 1-D string array from a netcdf in Fortran?
  • Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 19:03:02 -0600
Unfortunately, this is a known problem with the netcdf fortran interface
and with the Fortran 2003 C interface. Frankly, we have not figured out
how to read  the netcdf-4 String type in Fortran. If you have any suggestions, 
we would appreciate any help you can provide.
re:https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-fortran/issues/72


> 
> I was trying to use NF90_GET_VAR to read 1-D string array variable from
> a netcdf file in Fortran. The code is as below:
> 
> CALL CHECK( NF90_GET_VAR ( FID, VARID, XTime_UTC,(/1,1/),(/6,XNNCrIS/) ), 20)
> 
> I taken the 1-D string array as a 2-D character array.
> 
> And it didn't work. The bug is as below:
> 
> NetCDF: Mapped access for atomic types only
> 
> Would you please help me about this?
> 
> Thank you
> Hansen
> 
> 

=Dennis Heimbigner
  Unidata


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: UKJ-700587
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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