f@$"WEST-EAST_GRID_DIMENSION"$
or
att = "WEST-EAST_GRID_DIMENSION"
f@$att$
==========================
Jeff wrote:
> Hi Mary,
>
> It does not work here,
> Below is what I did and the error msg.
> ================
> fiw = addfile("wrfout_d02_2001-07-01_23.sample.nc","r")
> print(fiw@$WEST-EAST_GRID_DIMENSION$)
>
> fatal:syntax error: line 75 before or near -
> print(fiw@$WEST-
> ---------------^
>
> fatal:error in statement
> ================
>
> Thank you,
> Yaosheng
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Mary Haley <haley_at_ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>> Use the special syntax "$..$" around the name:
>>
>> f@$WEST-EAST_GRID_DIMENSION$
>>
>> --Mary
>>
>> On Tue, 26 May 2009, Jeff wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> In WRF output, there are several global attributes with "-" in their
>>> names, for example, "WEST-EAST_GRID_DIMENSION".
>>> When I use f_at_WEST-EAST_GRID_DIMENSION to read the dimension, NCL keeps
>>> recognize the "-" to be a operator for "subtract" and says
>>> "EAST_GRID_DIMENSION" is not a defined variable.
>>>
>>> How can I visit this attribute?
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>> Yaosheng
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