Re: float type - division

Ah, of course, the decimal point!
Thanks for the update on the latest release.... I'm hesitant on upgrading
due to a bunch of operational scripts that will likely be effected, but
I'll look into it.

Micah

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Adam Phillips <asphilli@ucar.edu> wrote:

> Hi Micah,
> Putting a period after the 15 should do the trick:
> lat(i) = 47 - (i/15.)
>
> (The period converts the 15 to a float.)
>
> Secondly, I would highly recommend upgrading to the newest version of NCL.
> v4.3.1 is quite old. You can either upgrade to v6.0.0 now or wait for the
> January release of v6.1.0. v6.1.0 is supposed to include the much
> anticipated ESMF regridding capability, amongst other upgrades.
> Good luck,
> Adam
>
>
> On 12/06/2011 10:14 AM, Micah Sklut wrote:
>
> Hi NCL people,
>
> I have a very simple problem.
>
> I am creating float arrays, for lat, lon, like this:
>
> lat = new((/481/),"float")
> lon = new((/586/),"float")
>
> nloc = 2 ; number of wind barbs
>
> do i = 0,480
> lat(i) = 47 - (i/15)
> end do
>
> do i = 0,585
> lon(i) = 261 + (i/15)
> end do
>
>
> However, my lats/lons turn into integers.
> What is the appropriate solution to create my float vars?
>
> Thank you!
>
> PS.
> I am using an old ncl version - 4.3.1.
>
>
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