[ncl-talk] fatal:syntax error

[Debasish Hazra]

Thanks Dave. I did just that and it is resovled now

Debasish.

On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <
dave.allured at noaa.gov> wrote:

> Use a string reference for variable names containing problematic special
> characters.
>
>     varname = "series_cnt_RMSE_fcstgt0.05_and_obsgt0.05"
>     rmse1 =  a1->$varname$
>
> https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Manuals/Ref_Manual/
> NclVariables.shtml#StringRef
>
> --Dave
>
>
> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 6:35 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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