Re: dictionary-like object

Hi Sam,

Unfortunately no -- although it could be a handly feature. Some languages (e.g., Tcl) refer to this as an associative array.

Rick

On Aug 8, 2013, at 2:54 AM, <sam.hawkins@vattenfall.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Does NCL have any kind of dictionary-like object? I have written a function which returns a lot of diagnostic variables. Currently this is returned as a list, but I would like to be able to access these by name. e.g. variables[‘SST’], variables[‘Rib’]. Is this possible?
>
> Sam.
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