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Adding a carriage return to a NetCDF string
There are several NetCDF attributes that have the potential for being very long. When a NetCDF file is converted to ASCII by ncdump, these long attributes will continue to wrap around in a disorganized manner. You can avoid this problem when creating a NetCDF file by putting carriage returns into any long strings.Method 1:
cdf_out@history = "A long string can be broken up ~C~ by adding a carriage return to it using a capital C ~C~ surrounded by a function code."Method 2:
cr = tochar(10) cdf_out@title = "A file demo of" + cr + \ "using a carriage return to" + cr + \ "make neat text" +cr The "\" is used to continue the text to the next line. It is invisible in the string.