5.15 Get the FieldID of a Compound Type Field: nc_inq_compound_fieldindex
Given the typeid and the name, get the fieldid.
Usage
int nc_inq_compound_fieldindex(nc_type typeid, char *name, int *fieldidp);
typeid- The typeid for this compound type, as returned by nc_def_compound, or
nc_inq_var.
name- The name of the field.
fieldidp- A pointer to an int which will get the field id of the named field.
Errors
NC_NOERR- No error.
NC_EBADTYPEID- Bad type id.
NC_EUNKNAME- Can't find field of this name.
NC_EHDFERR- An error was reported by the HDF5 layer.
Example
See the example section for nc_inq_compound.