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v5d_setUnits
Sets a name for physical units for a variable in a Vis5D+ format file.
Prototype
procedure v5d_setUnits ( variable [1] : integer, units [*] : string )
Arguments
variableThe variable number of the Vis5D+ format variable with which to associate physical units, in the range [1...(numvars-1)]
units
The descriptive name and type of physical units with which to associate the variable.
Description
v5d_setUnits() associates a descriptive name and type of physical units with a variable in a Vis5D+ format file.
For further information on Vis5D+ and file formats, see documentation at the Vis5D website.
See Also
v5d_create, v5d_write, v5d_write_var, v5d_close, v5d_setLowLev
Examples
Example
Assignment Comments ... vars = (/"T", "P", "S"/) numvars = dimsizes(vars) ; here 3 v5d_create(...) ;; for variable "P" v5d_setUnits(1, "millibars") v5d_write(...)