The NCDF_VARID function returns the ID of a NetCDF variable.

Examples


See NCDF_VARDEF.

Syntax


Result = NCDF_VARID(Cdfid, Name)

Return Value


This function returns the variable ID or returns -1 if the variable does not exist.

Arguments


Cdfid

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

Name

A scalar string containing the variable name.

Keywords


None

Version History


Pre 4.0

Introduced