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5.16 Get the Offset of a Field: nc_inq_compound_fieldoffset

Given the typeid and fieldid, get the offset.

Usage

     int nc_inq_compound_fieldoffset(nc_type typeid, int fieldid,
                                     size_t *offsetp);
typeid
The typeid for this compound type, as returned by nc_def_compound, or nc_inq_var.
fieldid
The id of the field in the compound type. Fields are numbered starting with 0 for the first inserted field.
offsetp
A pointer to a size_t. The offset of the field will be placed there.

Errors

NC_NOERR
No error.
NC_EBADTYPEID
Bad typeid.
NC_EBADFIELDID
Bad fieldid.
NC_EHDFERR
An error was reported by the HDF5 layer.

Example

See the example section for nc_inq_compound.