5.3 Learn About an User Defined Type: NF_INQ_TYPE
Given an ncid and a typeid, get the information about a type. This
function will work on any type, including atomic and any user defined
type, whether compound, opaque, enumeration, or variable length array.
For even more information about a user defined type NF_INQ_USER_TYPE.
Usage
INTEGER FUNCTION NF_INQ_TYPE(INTEGER NCID, INTEGER XTYPE, CHARACTER*(*) NAME, INTEGER SIZE)
NCID- The ncid for the group containing the type (ignored for atomic types).
XTYPE- The typeid for this type, as returned by NF_DEF_COMPOUND,
NF_DEF_OPAQUE, NF_DEF_ENUM, NF_DEF_VLEN, or NF_INQ_VAR, or as found in
netcdf.inc in the list of atomic types (NF_CHAR, NF_INT, etc.).
NAME- The name of the user defined type will be copied here. It will be
NF_MAX_NAME bytes or less. For atomic types, the type name from CDL
will be given.
SIZEP- The size of the type (in bytes) will be copied here. VLEN type size is
the size of one element of the VLEN. String size is returned as zero,
since it varies from string to string.
Return Codes
NF_NOERR- No error.
NF_EBADTYPEID- Bad typeid.
NF_ENOTNC4- Seeking a user-defined type in a netCDF-3 file.
NF_ESTRICTNC3- Seeking a user-defined type in a netCDF-4 file for which classic model
has been turned on.
NF_EBADGRPID- Bad group ID in ncid.
NF_EBADID- Type ID not found.
NF_EHDFERR- An error was reported by the HDF5 layer.
Example
This example is from the test program nf_test/ftst_vars3.F, and it uses all the
possible inquiry functions on an enum type.
C Check the enum type.
retval = NF_INQ_TYPEIDS(ncid, num_types, typeids)
if (retval .ne. nf_noerr) call handle_err(retval)
if (num_types .ne. MAX_TYPES) stop 2
retval = nf_inq_enum(ncid, typeids(1), type_name, base_type,
& base_size, num_members)
if (retval .ne. nf_noerr) call handle_err(retval)
if (base_type .ne. NF_INT .or. num_members .ne. 2) stop 2
retval = nf_inq_enum_member(ncid, typeids(1), 1, member_name,
& member_value)
if (retval .ne. nf_noerr) call handle_err(retval)
if (member_name(1:len(one_name)) .ne. one_name) stop 2
