The NCDF_ATTDEL procedure deletes an attribute from a NetCDF file.

Examples

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; Open file test.nc for writing:

id = NCDF_OPEN('test.nc', /WRITE)

; Delete global attribute TITLE from the file:

NCDF_ATTDEL, id, 'TITLE', /GLOBAL

NCDF_CLOSE, id ; Close the file.

Syntax

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NCDF_ATTDEL, Cdfid [, Varid] , Name [,  /GLOBAL]

Arguments

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Cdfid

The NetCDF ID, returned from a previous call to NCDF_OPEN, NCDF_CREATE, or NCDF_GROUPDEF.

Varid

The NetCDF variable ID, returned from a previous call to NCDF_VARDEF or NCDF_VARID, or the name of the variable. If the GLOBAL keyword is used, this argument must be omitted.

Name

A scalar string containing the name of the attribute to be deleted.

Keywords

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GLOBAL

Set this keyword to delete a global variable.

Version History

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Pre 4.0

Introduced

See Also

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NCDF_ATTNAME, NCDF_ATTPUT