This function retrieves information on a specific data field.
Examples
In this example, we retrieve information about the Spectra data fields:
status = EOS_GD_FIELDINFO(gridID, "Spectra", rank, dims,$
numbertype, dimlist)
Syntax
Result = EOS_GD_FIELDINFO(gridID, fieldname, rank, dims, numbertype, dimlist)
Return Value
Returns SUCCEED(0) if successful and FAIL(–1) if the specified field does not exist.
Arguments
gridID
Grid id (long) returned by EOS_GD_CREATE or EOS_GD_ATTACH.
fieldname
Fieldname (string).
rank
A named variable that will contain the pointer to rank (long) of the field.
dims
A named variable that will contain an array (long) of the dimension sizes of the field.
numbertype
A named variable that will contain the HDF data type (long) of the field.
dimlist
A named variable that will contain the dimension list (string).
Keywords
None
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