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isfilevarcoord

Checks if a coordinate variable is defined in a file.

Prototype

	function isfilevarcoord (
		thefile   [1] : file,    
		varname   [1] : string,  
		coordname [1] : string   
	)

	return_val [1] :  logical

Arguments

thefile

A reference to a file created from a call to addfile or addfiles. The file referenced must be one in the supported file format list.

varname

The name of the file variable.

coordname

The name of the coordinate variable.

Description

If a given dimension has a coordinate variable this function will return True. If the variable or dimension name do not exist then this function returns a missing value. It returns False only when no coordinate variable exists for the variable.

See Also

iscoord

Examples

Example 1 

    f = addfile ("foo.nc" , "r")     ; create a file reference

; check to see if the variable "TEMP" has a coordinate array named "lev"

    print( isfilevarcoord( f, "TEMP", "lev") )