Re: char/string

Hello

ncl 0> chr = stringtochar("*") ; charaacter array of length 2
ncl 1> print(chr)
ncl 2> ast = chr(0) ; asterisk ... type char
ncl 3> print(ast)
ncl 4> s = chartostring(chr) ; make string
ncl 5> print(s)

ncl 6> x="TOT_PREC_*_HYBY_acc*"
ncl 7> x_chr = stringtochar(x)
ncl 8> i_ast = ind(x_chr.eq.ast) ; index values
ncl 9> print(i_ast)

To my knowledge, at the current time, the answer is "no" .

Good luck

Oliver.Fuhrer_at_meteoswiss.ch wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I would like to find the occurences of "*" in a string. I thought an
> elegant way of doing this is...
>
> a="TOT_PREC_HYBY_acc*"
> i=ind(stringtochar(a) .eq. "*")
>
> Now, it seems that NCL coerces the stringtochar(a) back to a string, as
> it supposes that "*" is a string an not a character. The way it would
> work is...
>
> a="TOT_PREC_*_HYBY_acc*"
> b=stringtochar("*")
> i=ind(stringtochar(a) .eq. b(0))
>
> I was just wondering, if there is a way of telling NCL that a explicitly
> specified variable such as "*" should be a character, and not a string.
>
> Thanks,
> Oli
>
>
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