[ncl-talk] Argument type mismatch

[Amadou Coulibaly]

Hi Alan,

Sorry for my late replying, it has worked.

Best

On 16 May 2016 at 15:57, Alan Brammer <abrammer at albany.edu> wrote:

> 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> 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>
>> 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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> * COULIBALY   AMADOU   *
> PhD  Student  on  West  African  Climate  System (WACS)
> FUTA - Federal  University  of  Technology of Akure, Nigeria
>
> *Visiting Student - *
> *University of Cologne, Germany**Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology*
> Pohligstr. 3 / Office 3.102
> D-50969 Köln
>
> *Project*: WASCAL (West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change
> and Adapted Land Use)
> Phone:(+234) 812 965 3659 /(+223) 90 08 26 71 /(+226) 64 57 37 27 /+49
> 15218352574
>
> E-mail: mpapin24 at gmail.com / coulibalya68 at yahoo.com
>
> "*The time is always right to do right": Nelson Mandela*
>
> *"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow.  The shadow is
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>
> *"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are" Theodore Roosevelt*
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* COULIBALY   AMADOU   *
PhD  Student  on  West  African  Climate  System (WACS)
FUTA - Federal  University  of  Technology of Akure, Nigeria

*Visiting Student - *
*University of Cologne, Germany**Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology*
Pohligstr. 3 / Office 3.102
D-50969 Köln

*Project*: WASCAL (West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change
and Adapted Land Use)
Phone:(+234) 812 965 3659 /(+223) 90 08 26 71 /(+226) 64 57 37 27 /+49
15218352574

E-mail: mpapin24 at gmail.com / coulibalya68 at yahoo.com

"*The time is always right to do right": Nelson Mandela*

*"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow.  The shadow is
what we think of it; the tree is the real thing" : Abraham Lincoln*

*"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are" Theodore Roosevelt*
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