int2flt

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

Prototype

load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"

	function int2flt (
		x  : integer   
	)

	return_val [dimsizes(x)] :  float

Arguments

An array of any dimensionality and of type integer.

Return value

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

Description

This function converts values of type integer 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.

See Also

short2flt, flt2dble