[ncl-talk] label the plot using the own created list

[Ying Song]

Thanks, Mary and Adam,

I tried the create a newlist and push the data into the list using a loop.
But Mary's suggestions works well and much easier.

Thanks again!

Jiashu

On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 10:11 AM, Adam Phillips <asphilli at ucar.edu> wrote:

> Hi Jiashu,
> If you setting the following:
> res at tmXBMode        = "Explicit"
> res at tmXBValues      = ispan(0,ntimes-1,1)
> you generally want to tell NCL what labels to use by setting tmXBLabels:
> res at tmXBLabels      = date_list
> I see you have the tmXBLabels line in your script (commented out) but I do
> not see a date_list array initialized anywhere.
>
> Furthermore, you have this line:
> res at lbLabelStrings  = date_list
> (Again, date_list is not initialized prior to this line.) In order to
> explicitly set the lbLabelStrings for a contour plot you also have to
> set cnExplicitLegendLabelsOn = True.
> See documentation here:
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/Resources/cn.shtml#
> cnExplicitLabelBarLabelsOn
>
> Hope that helps. If not, or if you have any further questions please
> respond to the ncl-talk email list.
> Adam
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 7:42 PM, Ying Song <ying.song at sjsu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi, NCL helper,
>>
>> I have a questions self defined labelbar want extract date info from a
>> list of ascii files. The filenames  are following these pattern: (th1001_
>> *2015_05_07*_18.l100)
>>
>> I created a new list(date_list) and use it to label my plot. I tried:
>>    res at tmXBLabels      = date_list
>>
>>
>> Received the err:
>> warning:attsetvalues: the value associated with (lbLabelStrings) does not
>> have
>> warning:The value associated with (lbLabelStrings) does not have an HLU
>> representation.
>>
>> Any thoughts or suggestions about this error? Thank you very much!
>>
>> Jiashu
>>
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