Henry Butowsky <henryb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> It seems that using netcdf4 API with hdf5 files I have the following problem:
>
> If a dimension is defined in the output file -- then a variable of the same
> name as the dimension defined in output MUST have a single dim which is the
> same
> name a the defined dimension. This is not the case with netcdf3.
> what I am saying is that the defined var is OK as a co-ordinate var but not
> anything else
>
> The below script illustrates the problem:
>
> defdim("a",2); // dim "a=2" defined in output
> defdim("b",3); // dim "b=3" defined in output
> defdim("c",4); // dim "c=3" defined in output
> a[$a,$b]=10.0; // variable "a" defined as "double a[a,b];" works
> in netcdf3 but NOT netcdf4
> c[$c]=20.0 // variable "c" defined as "double c[c];"
> works in metcdf3 and netcdf4
>
> Regards Henry
>
This is a netCDF-4 bug.
Thanks for pointing this out Henry, I will get this fixed before the
next beta release.
Thanks again,
Ed
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Ed Hartnett -- ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
