<div dir="ltr">tobyte(0.5) does the trick...</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Barry Lynn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:barry.h.lynn@gmail.com" target="_blank">barry.h.lynn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">So, then I need to convert 0.5 and 0.33 to byte values, I assume -- regarding my last question.<div><br></div><div>Thank you for clarifying.</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Guido Cioni <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:guidocioni@gmail.com" target="_blank">guidocioni@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">dbz is byte type -> wrap_around thus is byte type.<div><br></div><div>256. will be a floating point variable. In fortran, and thus NCL, if you write 256 you will get an integer variable, 256. (with the point) a float variable.</div><div><br></div><div>Thus when making wrap_around=256. you are forcing an assignment between byte and float type, which NCL cannot do without spitting out a warning or and error. Imagine if this would happen without noticing...it could lead to all sort of weird errors.</div><div><br></div><div>You have to convert wrap_around to float (for example with the function tofloat) before attempting that.</div><div>Cheers </div><div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="m_3148295094233172091h5"><div>On 8. Sep 2017, at 10:11, Barry Lynn <<a href="mailto:barry.h.lynn@gmail.com" target="_blank">barry.h.lynn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><div><div><div class="m_3148295094233172091h5"><div dir="ltr">Hi:<div><br></div><div>I have some simple code, copied below.</div><div><br></div><div>I cannot add the value of 256 to dbz or the value of wrap_around after</div><div>setting it to 256.</div><div><br></div><div><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>wrap_around = </span><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s2">dbz</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>wrap_around = 256.</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p2"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"></span><br></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>do j = 0,dims2d(0)-1</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>do i = 0,dims2d(1)-1</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>check = ismissing(</span><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s2">dbz</span><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1">(j,i))</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space">   </span>if (check.eq.False)then</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space">   </span>if (</span><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s2">dbz</span><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1">(j,i).lt.0)then</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1">    </span><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s2">dbz</span><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1">(j,i) = </span><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s2">dbz</span><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1">(j,i) + wrap_around(j,i)</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space">   </span>end if</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space">   </span>end if</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>end do</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>end do</span></p></div><div><br></div><div><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1">fatal:["NclVar.c":1390]:Assign<wbr>ment type mismatch, right hand side can't be coerced to type of left hand side</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1">fatal:["Execute.c":8575]:Execu<wbr>te: Error occurred at or near line 35 in file ./ra</span></p><div>PrintVarSummary gives:</div><div><br></div><div><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1">Variable: dbz</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1">Type: byte</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1">Total Size: 480960 bytes</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space">            </span>480960 values</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1">Number of Dimensions: 2</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1">Dimensions and sizes:<span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-tab-span">        </span>[radialR | 360] x [gateR | 1336]</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1">Coordinates:<span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1">Number Of Attributes: 14</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>units :<span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-tab-span"> </span>dBz</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>long_name :<span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-tab-span">  </span>Reflectivity</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>missing_value :<span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-tab-span">     </span>0</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>signal_below_threshold :<span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-tab-span">       </span>0</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>scale_factor :<span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-tab-span"> </span>0.5</span></p><p class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-p1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-s1"><span class="m_3148295094233172091m_-6885759330790536323gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>add_offset :<span class="m_31482950942331720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