5.6.1 Define a Variable Length Array (VLEN): NF_DEF_VLEN
Use this function to define a variable length array type.
Usage
INTEGER FUNCTION NF_DEF_VLEN(INTEGER NCID, CHARACTER*(*) NAME,
INTEGER BASE_TYPEID, INTEGER XTYPEP)
NCID- The ncid of the file to create the VLEN type in.
NAME- A name for the VLEN type.
BASE_TYPEID- The typeid of the base type of the VLEN. For example, for a VLEN of
shorts, the base type is NF_SHORT. This can be a user defined type.
XTYPEP- The typeid of the new VLEN type will be set here.
Errors
NF_NOERR- No error.
NF_EMAXNAME- NF_MAX_NAME exceeded.
NF_ENAMEINUSE- Name is already in use.
NF_EBADNAME- Attribute or variable name contains illegal characters.
NF_EBADID- ncid invalid.
NF_EBADGRPID- Group ID part of ncid was invalid.
NF_EINVAL- Size is invalid.
NF_ENOMEM- Out of memory.
Example
This example is from nf_test/ftst_vars4.F.
C Create the vlen type.
retval = nf_def_vlen(ncid, vlen_type_name, nf_int, vlen_typeid)
if (retval .ne. nf_noerr) call handle_err(retval)
