[ncl-talk] fatal:syntax error

[Debasish Hazra]

Thanks Rick. I overcame this problem (as suggested by Karin in separate
email) :

vname = "series_cnt_RMSE_fcstgt0.05_and_obsgt0.05"
rmse1 =  a1->$vname$

This way it is able to read the variable and plot.

Debasish

On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 9:45 AM, Rick Brownrigg <brownrig at ucar.edu> wrote:

> HI,
>
> I believe Barry is correct. If you have the NetCDF operators (nco)
> installed, its possible to rename a variable in a file:
>
> http://research.jisao.washington.edu/data_sets/nco/#example7
>
> HTH...
> Rick
>
> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 7:35 AM, Barry Lynn <barry.h.lynn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi:
>>
>> I stil think it is the decimal point causing the problem, but one the NCL
>> folk (or someone else) will have to clarify how to read a variable like
>> this.
>>
>> Are you able to test reading a different variable that does not have
>> decimal points?
>>
>> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Debasish Hazra <debasish.hazra5 at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Barry. I put
>>>
>>> rmse1 =  a1->series_cnt_RMSE_fcstgt0.05_and_obsgt0.05(:,:)
>>> but still getting the syntax error at the end. I attached screen shot
>>> oft he error I got. Any help
>>>
>>> Debasish
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 11:09 PM, Barry Lynn <barry.h.lynn at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi:
>>>>
>>>> Assuming you copied the variable name correctly, perhaps the decimal
>>>> point is causing the problem.  I am not sure how to work around this, but
>>>> you might try add (:,:) at the end of your read so that NCL might possibly
>>>> know that the variable name continues.
>>>>
>>>> Barry
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 5:30 AM, Debasish Hazra <
>>>> debasish.hazra5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to read bunch of variable in a netcdf file, which shows
>>>>> the following if I do ncl_filedump :
>>>>>
>>>>> float series_cnt_RMSE_fcstgt0.05_and_obsgt0.05 ( lat, lon )
>>>>>          _FillValue :   -9999
>>>>>          name : RMSE
>>>>>          long_name :    Root mean squared error
>>>>>
>>>>> But, when I am trying to read as :
>>>>>
>>>>>  rmse1 =  a1->series_cnt_RMSE_fcstgt0.05_and_obsgt0.05
>>>>>
>>>>> fatal:syntax error: line 24 in file series_plot.ncl before or near .05
>>>>>         rmse1 =  a1->series_cnt_RMSE_fcstgt0.05
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------^
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help on this.Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Debasish
>>>>>
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>>>>
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>>
>>
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>> Barry H. Lynn, Ph.D
>> Senior Lecturer,
>> The Institute of the Earth Science,
>> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
>> Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
>> Tel: 972 547 231 170
>> Fax: (972)-25662581
>>
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