Re: How to read a variable with "\(" in name?

Susanna,

Try change:

    varname = "cos\(SZA\)"
    cos_SZA = f->$varname$

to:

    varname = "cos(SZA)"
    cos_SZA = f->$varname$

You may try ncl_filedump first to check out the variable names in NCL.

Wei

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On Mar 3, 2014, at 4:39 PM, "Strada, Susanna" <susanna.strada@yale.edu> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I'm trying to read from a NetCDF file a variable named "cos\(SZA\)".
> I obtained the name from the header of the file; the variable refers to the cosine of the Solar Zenith Angle.
>
> Using ncdump -v cos\(SZA\) and the Panoply software, I checked that the variable contains data and that these values are consistent (positive, lower than 1).
>
> I tried using the $…$ syntax since I saw that you use this method for variable names that contain "-" symbols. (from the NCL-Talk Archives, message: "Re: Read variable with parenthesis in name?").
>
> varname = "cos\(SZA\)"
> cos_SZA = f->$varname$
>
> Unfortunately, it didn't work for my case and I got the following error message (same as without the $…$ syntax):
>
> fatal:["Execute.c":5900]:variable (cos\(SZA\)) is not in file (f)
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion to figure out this issue?
>
> Many thanks for your help!
>
> Best,
> Susanna
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