[ncl-talk] How to read a specific variable name

[Dennis Shea]

field = "cldfrac"
x      = fin->$field$
printVarSummary(x)


fout->$field$ = ...

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Laura Fowler <laura at ucar.edu> wrote:

> Hello:
>
> I am trying the following command line:
>
> ncl 'filename="2621442.cldfrac.mp_thompson_aerosols.2011-01-31_18.00.00.nc
> "'
> 'date="2011-01-31_18.00.00.nc"' 'field="cldfrac"'
> write.rectangular.toNETCDFs.ncl in which the variable cldfrac is the
> actual name of the variable I would liked to read.
>
> Inside the ncl script write.rectangular.toNETCDFs.ncl, how do I read
> that variable using the generic variable field? I tried something like
> diag = f->"field" and other combinations bu that did not work.
>
> When I write a new netcdf file out, how do I use
> ncdf->field = ....
>
> Looks like I always come up with a syntax error and have not been able
> to fix it.
>
> Thanks,
> Laura
>
>
>
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