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dble2flt

Converts values of type double to values of type float and preserves metadata.

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.

	function dble2flt (
		x  : double   
	)

	return_val [dimsizes(x)] :  float

Arguments

An array of any dimensionality and of type double.

Return value

An array of the same size as x and of type float.

Description

This function converts values of type double to values of type float and preserves metadata.

Note: this function is slightly different than the built-in set of conversion functions (like floattointeger and shorttobyte), because it requires loading the "contributed.ncl" script and it preserves metadata. It has a slightly different naming style than the built-in functions, just to set it apart from these other functions.

Examples