[ncl-talk] Creating variables automatically

[Mateus da Silva Teixeira]

Thank you Rick, I'll test it.

Best regards,

Mateus


Em seg, 8 de out de 2018 às 18:17, Rick Brownrigg <brownrig at ucar.edu>
escreveu:

> One can't create variables in that way. However, you can create
> attributes, so using your example, something like:
>
> res = True    ; arbitrary value
> *do i = 1, 5*
> *   varname = "cases_"+sprinti("%i",i)+"days"*
> *   res@$varname$ = new( (/ nlat, nlon /), "float" )*
>
> *   res@$varname$ = dim_avg_n(  slp( idxCases, :, : ), 0 )*
> *end do*
>
> *Hope that helps...*
>
> *Rick*
>
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 3:08 PM Mateus da Silva Teixeira <
> mateusstex at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can I use string reference to create different variables in NCL?
>>
>> I'm trying it
>>
>> *do i = 1, 5*
>> *   varname = "cases_"+sprinti("%i",i)+"days"*
>> *   $varname$ = new( (/ nlat, nlon /), "float" )*
>>
>> *   $varname$ = dim_avg_n(  slp( idxCases, :, : ), 0 )*
>> *end do*
>>
>> But NCL is giving syntax error. It seems that I can't use string
>> references that way. So, would there be a way to do this?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Mateus
>>
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