Re: char array into strings

chartostring

Good luck
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Donna Cote wrote:
> I feel like a newbie, but I'm stuck.
>
> How do I get an array variable like this stationName variable from 2D to
> 1D (from char to string), like the timeObs variable is?
>
> ncl 0> f=addfile("20090218_0000.200902180006-GMT.nc","r")
> ncl 1> printVarSummary(f->stationName)
>
>
> Variable: stationName (file variable)
> Type: character
> Total Size: 12665 bytes
> 12665 values
> Number of Dimensions: 2
> Dimensions and sizes: [recNum | 2533] x [maxStaNamLen | 5]
> Coordinates:
> Number Of Attributes: 2
> long_name : alphanumeric station identification
> reference : station table
> ncl 2>
> ncl 3> printVarSummary(f->timeObs)
>
>
> Variable: timeObs (file variable)
> Type: double
> Total Size: 20264 bytes
> 2533 values
> Number of Dimensions: 1
> Dimensions and sizes: [recNum | 2533]
> Coordinates:
> Number Of Attributes: 4
> long_name : time of observation
> units : seconds since 1970-1-1 00:00:00.0
> _FillValue : 1.797693134862316e+308
> standard_name : time
> ncl 4>
>
> Thanks, Donna
>
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Received on Mon Jun 29 2009 - 19:21:14 MDT