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filevarcompressleveldef
Defines a list of variable names, variable var_types, and variable dimension names for a supported file.
Prototype
procedure filevarcompressleveldef ( thefile [1] : file, var_name [1] : string, compressLevel [1] : integer )
Arguments
thefileThe reference to the file that you want to define the variables in. This reference must be created by the addfile function.
var_nameVariable name on the file to be compressed.
compressLevelAn integer (1 - 9) to define the compress level.
Description
This procedure defines the compress level for a variable.
Examples
Example
Write one 2D array and two 3D arrays (with dimension names "lev", "lat", and "lon") to a netCDF file called "myfile.nc":
setfileoption("nc", "Format", "NetCDF4Classic") f = addfile("myfile.nc","c") filedimdef(f,(/"lev","lat","lon"/),(/10,73,144/),(/False,False,False/)) var_names2D = (/ "PS" /) var_names3D = (/ "T", "Q" /) varvar_types2D = (/ "float" /) varvar_types3D = (/ "float", "float" /) filevardef( f, var_names2D, varvar_types2D, (/ "lat", "lon" /) ) filevardef( f, var_names3D, varvar_types3D, (/ "lev", "lat", "lon" /) ) ;Define the chunking size chunkSizes = (/5,37,72/) filevarchunkdef(f, "T", chunkSizes) ;Define the compress level filevarcompressleveldef(f, "T", 3)