isdim

Returns True if variable dimensions are defined in the given variable.

Prototype

	function isdim (
		var       ,          
		dimnames  : string   
	)

	return_val  :  logical

Arguments

A variable of any type and dimensionality.

An array of strings of any dimensionality.

Description

For each element in the dimnames list, isdim returns True if the element is a dimension of var and False if not. The output of isdim is a logical array with the same dimensions as dimnames. If var is not a variable, then a single missing value is returned.

This function is useful for checking if variable dimensions are defined in a variable before accessing them.

See Also

isatt, iscoord, isdimnamed

Examples

Example 1

Assume x is a 3D array with named dimensions "time", "lat", and "lon".

  print(isdim(x,"lev"))             ; False
  print(isdim(x,"time"))            ; True
  print(isdim(x,(/"lat","lon"/)))   ; (/True,True/)

Example 2

Assume x is a 4D array, and that you want to check if its dimensions are named so you can use them for reordering the array:

  if(all(isdim(x,(/"time","lev","lat","lon"/)))) then
    xnew = x(time|:,lev|:,lat|:,lon|:)
  else
    print("x does not contain the necessary named dimensions.")
  endif