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int2flt

Converts values of type integer to values of type float and preserves metadata.

Prototype

load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"  ; This library is automatically loaded
                                                             ; from NCL V6.2.0 onward.
                                                             ; No need for user to explicitly load.

	function int2flt (
		x  : integer   
	)

	return_val [dimsizes(x)] :  float

Arguments

x

An array of any dimensionality and of type integer.

Return value

An array of the same size as x and of type float.

Description

This function converts values of type integer to values of type float and preserves metadata.

Note: This function is slightly different than the built-in set of conversion functions (like floattointeger and shorttobyte), because it requires loading the "contributed.ncl" script and it preserves metadata. It has a slightly different naming style than the built-in functions, just to set it apart from these other functions.

See Also

short2flt, flt2dble

Examples

Example 1

load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"
begin
   i = ispan(1,10,1)

   i@long_name = "sample"      ; attribute
   i!0         = "foo"         ; name dimension
   i&foo       = ispan (35,350,35) ; create bogus coordinate array

   iFlt        = int2flt( i )
   
   print( iFlt )
end
The returned variable will be of type float and will retain all meta data. 

Variable: iFlt
Type: float
Total Size: 40 bytes
            10 values
Number of Dimensions: 1
Dimensions and sizes:   [foo | 10]       <== retains dimension name
Coordinates: 
            foo: [35..350]               <== retains coordinate information
Number Of Attributes: 1
  long_name :   sample
(0)      1
(1)      2
(2)      3
(3)      4
(4)      5
(5)      6
(6)      7
(7)      8
(8)      9
(9)     10