[ncl-talk] Unable to Generate 2nd Plot on NCL Script

[Barry Lynn]

Very glad that worked!

On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 6:14 AM Barry Lynn <barry.h.lynn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Did you try this?
>
> https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/stringtointeger.shtml
>
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 6:03 AM Zach Rieck <zrr817 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This is in follow up to early inquiry as outlined in the above email. I
>> have printed the variables "Time2" and "Prec2" and the output has been
>> integer data as expected. However, the plot function for plot2 still won't
>> take the inputs. I think it is because I had to import as a string to get
>> around the file being a CSV, but I can't find a function I could use to
>> change my variables back to integers. Is there an easy way to accomplish
>> this so the plot will accept my data?
>>
>> -Zach Rieck
>> zrr817 at gmail.com
>> (513)-502-5652
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 9:41 PM Will Hobbs <will.hobbs at utas.edu.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Zach
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The error message pretty much says it all: argument (1) (which in ncl is
>>> the second argument) of gsn_csm_xy() is the wrong data type.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you look at the function description for gsn_csm_xy(), argument 1
>>> (i.e. ‘time2’ in your example, has to be numeric, but from what I can tell
>>> from your script time2 is actually a string. You can check this using
>>> either print(typeof(time2)) OR printVarSummary(time2) – both will return
>>> the data type,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/Interfaces/gsn_csm_xy.shtml
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Will
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From: *ncl-talk <ncl-talk-bounces at ucar.edu> on behalf of Zach Rieck <
>>> zrr817 at gmail.com>
>>> *Date: *Thursday, 18 April 2019 at 1:29 PM
>>> *To: *"ncl-talk at ucar.edu" <ncl-talk at ucar.edu>
>>> *Subject: *[ncl-talk] Unable to Generate 2nd Plot on NCL Script
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> To Whom it May Concern-
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have been trying to create a script that will hold the frame on my
>>> output so we caqn do a side by side comparison of our data in one figure.
>>> One data file is a CSV excel file (for which I have generated code to make
>>> it readable within NCL) and the other is a netcdf file. When I comment out
>>> my 2nd plot command (line 125), I am able to generate the 1st figure
>>> without any errors. However, when I try to run the 2nd plot command, I get
>>> an"Argument mismatch on argument" error. This error is attached for your
>>> reference.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Your guidelines ask to be able to run the code as I am, so I have also
>>> taken the liberty of attaching the data. My best guess is maybe the error
>>> is because I'm trying to recycle the resources from my 1st plot in my 2nd?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have also commented out a few extra lines that are "how to's" for me
>>> since I'm still very new to NCL. I am operating on version 6.5.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  Thanks in advance for any guidance you can provide on this and let me
>>> know if you have any clarification questions!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Respectfully,
>>>
>>>
>>> -Zach Rieck
>>>
>>> zrr817 at gmail.com
>>>
>>> (513)-502-5652
>>>
>>>
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-- 
Barry H. Lynn, Ph.D
Senior Associate Scientist, 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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