Ouch, how did I miss that? It *was* documented correctly; I just made
a hasty assumption that it was a function call. Sorry.
--Dave
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Dennis Shea <shea@ucar.edu> wrote:
> Dave,
>
> wk_smooth121 is a procedure and not a function.
>
> wk_smooth121( x )
> not
> x = wk_smooth121( x )
> or
> y = wk_smooth121( x )
>
> --
>
> It is prefaced with 'wk_' because it is specifically
> to be used by the Wheeler-Kiladis space-time
> suite of codes.
>
> It alters the variable being passed.
>
> x = (/3.,4,6,3,7,2/)
> wk_smooth121( x )
>
> Passing a temporary like (/3.,4,6,3,7,2/)
> probably 'works' but can not return the altered values.
>
> The is used by the 'diagnostics_cam.ncl' library.
> It was not intended for general use but was documented
> because I knew people would look at the 'diagnostics_cam.ncl' library
> and I wanted some record of what it does.
>
> We should probably add that to the doc.
>
> D
>
>
> On 01/25/2012 03:47 PM, Dave Allured wrote:
>>
>> NCL team,
>>
>> The function wk_smooth121 seems to be missing from NCL 5.2.1 and 6.0.0
>> distributions. I checked on both Linux and Mac OS. It is listed as a
>> built-in function. There is no trace of it in the script libraries,
>> either. Am I missing something?
>>
>> --Dave
>>
>> mac56:~ 1> ncl
>> NCAR Command Language Version 6.0.0
>> ...
>> ncl 0> x = wk_smooth121((/3.,4,6,3,7,2/))
>> fatal:syntax error: line 0 before or near wk_smooth121
>> x = wk_smooth121
>> ---------------^
>> ncl 1>
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