Re: convert array to scalar for subtraction?

Dear Jeanne,

you can use a do loop to do the substraction

example:

diff= new((/199,64,128/), float) ; assume, x and y are float

do t=0,198
diff(t,:,:)=x(t,:,:)-y(0,:,:)
end do

thanks

Debasish

Quoting Jeanne Thibeault <jeanne.thibeault_at_uconn.edu>:

> Dear NCL,
>
> I would like to subtract one array from another: x-y
>
> x has dimensions [time | 199] x [lat | 64] x [lon | 128]
> y has dimensions [time | 1] x [lat | 64] x [lon | 128]
>
> fatal:Minus: Dimension size, for dimension number 0, of operands does
> not match, can't continue
>
> I understand why I get the error. How can I convert the time
> dimension of y to a scalar so that I can subtract it from each time
> dimension of x? Or is there a better way?
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Jeanne
>
>
>
>
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