Re: (no subject)

Enclose the name in parenthesis and quotes

rad=eos_file->$"radiances_L2_Standard_cloud-cleared_radiance_product"$

or

  var = "radiances_L2_Standard_cloud-cleared_radiance_product"
  rad = eos_file->$var$

Good luck

Tong Qi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to read a data field from an HDFEOS2 swath file, but the
> group name contains a special character '-' (hyphen) that seems to be
> giving NCL trouble. NCL apparently treats the hyphen as the end of an
> argument and therefore cannot properly read the full group name.
>
> To illustrate my point, the group name is called
> /L2_Standard_cloud-cleared_radiance_product/, and I am trying to read a
> data field called "radiances" like this:
>
> rad=eos_file->radiances_L2_Standard_cloud-cleared_radiance_product
>
> But when I try to run the file I get "fatal:Either file (eos_file) isn't
> defined or variable (radiances_L2_Standard_cloud) is not a variable in
> the file." I made sure eos_file is defined so I'm guessing the issue
> lies with the hyphen character.
>
> Is there any way around this?
>
> Thanks,
> Tong Qi
>
>
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