MGH_NCDF_FILL Name
  
   MGH_NCDF_FILL Purpose
  
   For a given netCDF variable type, this function returns the default fill
      value, as specified in netcdf.h
Calling Sequence
  
   result = mgh_ncdf_fill(type)
Positional Parameters
  
   type (input, string scalar) 
    
     A netCDF data type, as in the datatype field of the output ncdf_varinq.
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Modification History
  
   Mark Hadfield, 2008-11: 
          Written.