Re: reading in array with dash in name

Hi Joe,
Try this:
tt = "U-component_of_wind"
U_WND = aa->$tt$
The $ $ syntax allows you to pass a string in as an array name. If that
doesn't work let us know. Adam

On 05/03/2010 04:15 PM, Joe Grim wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if someone could tell me how to read into NCL an array
> with a dash in its name (e.g., U-component_of_wind). My line looks like
> this:
> U_WND = aa->U-component_of_wind
> but NCL thinks this is saying, take the difference of "U" in file "aa"
> and "component_of_wind".
>
> If there isn't a way of being able to read in this array in NCL, could
> you let me know how to alter the netCDF file to change its name before
> reading it into NCL?
>
> Thank you very much in advance.
>
> Joe Grim
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