Re: [netcdfgroup] Should NetCDF character attributes be null-terminated

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Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] Should NetCDF character attributes be null-terminated
From: Dave Allured <dave.allured@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 15:45:08 -0600

Katja Petzoldt wrote:
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> Should NetCDF character attributes be null-terminated

In general, no. Character attributes are specified and written bylength, not with a terminator byte.


Netcdf Best Practices:

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/BestPractices.html#Strings%20and%20Variables%20of%20type%20char

String guidelines for specific languages:

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf-c/Strings.html
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf-f77/Reading-and-Writing-Character-String-Values.html
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf-f90/Reading-and-Writing-Character-String-Values.html

Dave Allured
CU/CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC)
http://cires.colorado.edu/science/centers/cdc/
NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Climate Analysis Branch (CAB)
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/