Name

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      NCDF_ATTRIBUTE

Purpose

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      The pupose of this NCDF_Attribute object is to store information about
      a netCDF global or variable attribute. The object is principally used
      as a utility routine for the NCDF_FILE object. Given the attribute name,
      the object will acquire additional information about the attribute from
      the netCDF file containing the attribute.

Author

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      FANNING SOFTWARE CONSULTING
      David Fanning, Ph.D.
      1645 Sheely Drive
      Fort Collins, CO 80526 USA
      Phone: 970-221-0438
      E-mail: david@idlcoyote.com
      Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com

Category

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File I/o

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Calling Sequence

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      IDL> attrObj = Obj_New('NCDF_ATTRIBUTE', attrName, parent, VARNAME=varName)

Arguments

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      attrName: The case sensitive name of a netCDF attribute that is stored in the
                  netCDF file. (Input and required.)
      parent: The object reference (NCDF_FILE object) of the netCDF file. In other words, the
                  object reference of the file that contains this attribute. (Input and required.)

Keyword Parameters

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      varName: If this is a variable attribute, this is the case sensitive name of the
                  variable that the attribute is attached to. (Input and required for variable
                  attributes.) Note that a variable object reference may be used in place of the
                  variable name.

Methods

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    The following methods are available. Each is documented in front of the method.
    attrName = attrObject -> GetName()
    propertyValue = attrObject -> GetProperty(attrProperty)
    attrValue = attrObject -> GetValue()
    attrObject -> ParseAttribute
   

Modification History

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      Written by: David W. Fanning, 3 Feb 2010.