<div dir="ltr"><div>May be try using the $$ syntax:</div><div></div><div>e.g.</div><div><br></div><div> infil = addfile("<a href="http://abc.nc">abc.nc</a>","r")</div><div><br></div><div> vname = "<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Courier;font-size:12px">lwp37_mid-high_daynight_mon</span>"<br></div><div><br></div><div> varb = infil-><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Courier;font-size:12px"><span style=""></span></span>$vname$</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Rashed<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> <br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 8:27 PM, Laura Fowler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:laura@ucar.edu" target="_blank">laura@ucar.edu</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"><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Hello:</span><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">I am trying to read two variables in a NetCDF file. One is named "<span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Courier;font-size:12px">lwp37_high_daynight_mon" and I do not have any issue to read it.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Courier;font-size:12px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Courier;font-size:12px">The other one is named "</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Courier;font-size:12px">lwp37_mid-high_daynight_mon" for which ncl (6.4.0) an error message. I do not have any issue using ncdump with this variable. Does ncl has an issue reading variable that a name with a mix of "_" and "-" sign.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Courier;font-size:12px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Courier;font-size:12px">This is the only thing I can think of.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Courier;font-size:12px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Courier;font-size:12px">Many thanks,</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Courier;font-size:12px">Laura</span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_-2776834865640492942gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff">!-----------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>--------------------</font><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff">Laura D. Fowler </font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff">Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division (MMM) </font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff">National Center for Atmospheric Research<br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff">P.O. Box 3000, Boulder CO 80307-3000</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff">e-mail: <a href="mailto:laura@ucar.edu" target="_blank">laura@ucar.edu</a></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff">phone: 303-497-1628</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff">!-----------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>--------------------</font><br></div></div></div>
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