Name

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      NCDF_DIMENSION

Purpose

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

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> dimObj = Obj_New('NCDF_DIMENSION', dimName, parent)

Arguments

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      dimName: The case sensitive name of a netCDF dimension 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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      None.

Methods

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    The following methods are available. Each is documented in front of the method.
    dimName = dimObject -> GetID()
    dimName = dimObject -> GetName()
    dimName = dimObject -> GetSize()
    propertyValue = dimObject -> GetProperty(dimProperty)
    dimValue = dimObject -> GetValue()
    dimName = dimObject -> GetUnlimited()
    dimObject -> ParseAttribute
   

Modification History

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