Re: could I get the string "abc" from a string of "abc.dat" in NCL?

Hi Lin,

You can use the function stringtochar to convert the string to
characters, and then don't select the last 4 characters when you pass
the character array into chartostring:

res = True
....
temp = stringtochar(all_files(i))
res_at_gsnLeftString = chartostring(temp(:dimsizes(temp)-5))
delete(temp)

Good luck,
Adam

LEO_ARIES wrote:
> hi,all
>
> I have a small question on the string manipulation in NCL.
>
> Here below is some of my script:
>
> all_files = systemfunc ("ls " + "*.dat")
> n = dimsizes(all_files)
>
> do i = 0,n-1
> x =asciiread(all_files(i),-1,"float")
> .....
> wks = gsn_open_wks("eps",all_files(i))
> res = True
> ......
> res_at_gsnLeftString <mailto:res_at_gsnLeftString> = all_files(i)
> ? Notice : here is the problem i want to resolve, the last 4 character
> of the string "all_files(i)"
> is
> ".dat", but I don't want them in the resource of "gsnLeftString".
>
> Could I have any solution to get all the other character except
> the ".dat" ?
> plot = .....
> end do
>
> end
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
> Lin
>
>
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