<div dir="ltr">As noted before, I wanted to pass numbers, like "08" to an NCL script.<div><br></div><div>However, if I call the NCL script with "08" it ends up being an "8" on the "inside."</div><div><br></div><div>Even if I specify month1 = ""08," it gets written in the systems call as "8."</div><div><br></div><div>Here is the solution.</div><div><br></div><div>





<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">ncl ./parse_tau_obs.ncl year1=18 month1=8 day1=28</span></p></div><div><br></div><div>





<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>i = day1</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>j = month1</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>k = year1</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>myFiles = systemfunc("ls -l weather_it_is_telav_20"+sprinti("%0.2i", k)+sprinti("%0.2i", j)+sprinti("%0.2i", i)+"*</span><span class="gmail-s2" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;background-color:rgb(230,230,0)">csv</span><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">")</span><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="">  </span>print(myFiles)</span></p><div><br></div>The 0.2i converts the parameters to two digits within the systems call.</div><div><br></div><div>Barry<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 9:12 AM Barry Lynn <<a href="mailto:barry.h.lynn@gmail.com">barry.h.lynn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Actually, the problem is that in the delimiter "month1", even if I specify it as "08" instead of passing it, it is written out as "8" in the following line.<div><br></div><div>





<p class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:21px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">myFiles = systemfunc("</span><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-s2" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures;background-color:rgb(230,230,0)">ls</span><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"> -l weather_it_is_telav_20"+year1+month1+day1+"*csv")</span></p><p class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:21px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p><p class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:21px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">I found this information in the help pages </span></p><p class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:21px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">(<a href="https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/sprinti.shtml" target="_blank">https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/sprinti.shtml</a>)</span></p><p class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:21px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p><p class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:21px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Even if the number is passed as "8" instead of "08," it gets converted to "08" using the format statement below.</span></p><p class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:21px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p><p class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:21px "Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">i = month1</span></p><p class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:21px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">






</span></p><p class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:21px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>print( sprinti("%0.2i", i) ) <span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>;</span></p><p class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:21px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p><p class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:21px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Also, if I pass "18" it remains as 18.</span></p><p class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:21px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p><p class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:21px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">So, I am set.</span></p><p class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:21px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p><p class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:21px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Thank you</span></p></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 8:43 AM Barry Lynn <<a href="mailto:barry.h.lynn@gmail.com" target="_blank">barry.h.lynn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi:<div><br></div><div>I am wondering how I might pass the number 08 as is, instead of finding it to be equal to "8" within the scriipt.</div><div><br></div><div>





<p class="m_-7396965977442365769m_-3887704520617805322gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:21px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_-7396965977442365769m_-3887704520617805322gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">ncl ./parse_tau_obs.ncl year1=18 month1=08 day1=28</span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="m_-7396965977442365769m_-3887704520617805322gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Barry H. Lynn, Ph.D<div><div>Senior Associate Scientist, Lecturer,</div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">The Institute of the Earth Science, </span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, </span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel </span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"></div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Tel: 972 547 231 170</span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Fax: (972)-25662581</span></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></span></div><div>C.E.O, Weather It Is, LTD<br>Weather and Climate Focus<br><a href="http://weather-it-is.com" target="_blank">http://weather-it-is.com</a><br>Jerusalem, Israel<br>Local: 02 930 9525<br>Cell: 054 7 231 170<br>Int-IS: x972 2 930 9525<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="m_-7396965977442365769gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Barry H. Lynn, Ph.D<div><div>Senior Associate Scientist, Lecturer,</div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">The Institute of the Earth Science, </span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, </span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel </span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"></div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Tel: 972 547 231 170</span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Fax: (972)-25662581</span></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></span></div><div>C.E.O, Weather It Is, LTD<br>Weather and Climate Focus<br><a href="http://weather-it-is.com" target="_blank">http://weather-it-is.com</a><br>Jerusalem, Israel<br>Local: 02 930 9525<br>Cell: 054 7 231 170<br>Int-IS: x972 2 930 9525<br><br></div></div></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Barry H. Lynn, Ph.D<div><div>Senior Associate Scientist, Lecturer,</div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">The Institute of the Earth Science, </span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, </span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel </span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"></div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Tel: 972 547 231 170</span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Fax: (972)-25662581</span></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></span></div><div>C.E.O, Weather It Is, LTD<br>Weather and Climate Focus<br><a href="http://weather-it-is.com" target="_blank">http://weather-it-is.com</a><br>Jerusalem, Israel<br>Local: 02 930 9525<br>Cell: 054 7 231 170<br>Int-IS: x972 2 930 9525<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>