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copyatt

Copies all attributes, named dimensions and coordinate variables from one variable to another (deprecated version).

Prototype

load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"  ; This library is automatically loaded
                                                             ; from NCL V6.2.0 onward.
                                                             ; No need for user to explicitly load.

	procedure copyatt (
		var_to    ,    
		var_from       
	)

Arguments

var_to

An array of any dimensionality. Must be the same size as var_from.

var_from

An array of any dimensionality. Must have attributes, named dimensions and coordinate variables.

Description

This procedure copies all attributes, named dimensions and coordinate variables from var_from to var_to. This is a deprecated procedure; please use copy_VarMeta.

See Also

There are many metadata tools.