Name

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  MGH_NCDF_SAVE

Purpose

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  Procedure MGH_NCDF_SAVE stores the information contained in an IDL
  structure into a NetCDF file.

Category

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  CDF

Calling Sequence

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  MGH_NCDF_SAVE, InStruct, OutFile

Positional Parameters

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  instruct (input, scalar, structure)
    The structure to be saved.
  outfile (input, scalar, string)
    The name of the file to be created.

Restrictions

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  The complex data type is not supported.

Procedure

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  A NetCDF file is created. For each tag, the data is stored in a
  variable of the appropriate dimensions. New dimensions are created
  for every array.
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Modification History

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  Mark Hadfield, 1995-11:
    Written.
  Mark Hadfield, 2002-10:
    Updated for IDL 5.6.
  Mark Hadfield, 2004-06:
    Fixed a couple of bugs: reference to undefined variable SZ; incorrect
    dimensions for string variables.