Hi Elizabeth,
Thank-you for your help and suggestion.
I have tried using NcGroup::getType(), but I still get exceptions when I used
non-netCDF3 types. e.g.:
netCDF::NcFile ncFile("test.nc", netCDF::NcFile::replace,
netCDF::NcFile::nc4);
// works
auto ncFloat = ncFile.getType("float",netCDF::NcGroup::ParentsAndCurrent);
std::cout << "ncFloat.getName() = " << ncFloat.getName() << std::endl;
// throws NcBadType
auto ncString = ncFile.getType("string",netCDF::NcGroup::ParentsAndCurrent);
std::cout << "ncString.getName() = " << ncString.getName() << std::endl;
// throws NcBadType
auto ncUint = ncFile.getType("uint",netCDF::NcGroup::ParentsAndCurrent);
std::cout << "ncUint.getName() = " << ncUint.getName() << std::endl;
Again, this works on Ubuntu 14.04 with netCDF 4.1.3 but not on Ubuntu 16.04
with netCDF 4.4.0. As far as I can tell, this means I cannot make variables of
type string, uint etc?
Best regards,
Daniel
________________________________
From: Elizabeth A. Fischer <elizabeth.fischer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, 2 December 2016 5:07 PM
To: Potter, Daniel (Energy, Newcastle)
Cc: netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] NcType problems on Ubuntu 16.04
Daniel,
I believe you're using the "new" (NetCDF4) C++ interface?
It has known problems with NcType, specifically for any types not in the
NetCDF3 data model. I solved them by using strings instead of the symbolic
enums; some of the API functions take strings. If I need a NcType object, I
use the following function to get one:
inline netCDF::NcType nc_type(netCDF::NcVar ncvar, std::string sntype)
{ return ncvar.getParentGroup().getType(sntype,
netCDF::NcGroup::ParentsAndCurrent); }
-- Elizabeth
