[ncl-talk] Argument type mismatch

[Alan Brammer]

Might help to see the output of that printVarSummary(f) line. 

By subscripting the list, it should mean that wrf_contour() receives the direct pointer to the netcdf and not a list. 

printVarSummary( f[0] ) 

should give you Type:file


> On 16 May 2016, at 09:50, Amadou Coulibaly <mpapin24 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello NCL users
> 
> Using the following command:
> fils = systemfunc ("ls /home_dir/wrfout_d01_2014-12-13*")
>   f   = addfiles (fils, "r")
> 
>   printVarSummary(f)   ; type list; this contiains reference (pointers) to files 
> 
>    nfils = dimsizes(fils)
>    do nf=0,nfils-1
>         contour_tc = wrf_contour(f[nf], wks,tc_plane(it,level,:,:),opts)
>  end do
> I am getting another error, which is:
> fatal:List subscripting used on non-list variable, can't continue
> Because the function "wrf_contour" expected "f" as nc_file rather than a list.
> 
> Best 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 16 May 2016 at 13:54, Dennis Shea <shea at ucar.edu <mailto:shea at ucar.edu>> wrote:
>   fils = systemfunc ("ls /home_dir/wrfout_d01_2014-12-13*")
>   f   = addfiles (fils, "r")
> 
>   printVarSummary(f)   ; type list; this contiains reference (pointers) to files 
> 
>    nfils = dimsizes(fils)
>    do nf=0,nfils-1
>         contour_tc = wrf_contour(f[nf], wks,tc_plane(it,level,:,:),opts)
>  end do
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 5:42 AM, Amadou Coulibaly <mpapin24 at gmail.com <mailto:mpapin24 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hello NCL users,
> 
> I am getting an error when I tried to use "wrf_contour" function to my input data, which is in format "list" from:
> 
> fils = systemfunc ("ls /home_dir/wrfout_d01_2014-12-13*")
>   f   = addfiles (fils, "r") 
> 
> And after using the following command:
>  contour_tc = wrf_contour(f,wks,tc_plane(it,level,:,:),opts)
> 
> I am getting the following error:
> fatal:Argument type mismatch on argument (0) of (wrf_contour) can not coerce
> 
> ​Is there a way to convert "f" from list to file format, required by "wrf_contour" function?
> 
> Best​
> 
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