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5.17 Find the Type of a Field: nc_inq_compound_fieldtype

Given the typeid and the fieldid, get the type of that field.

Usage

     nc_inq_compound_fieldtype(nc_type typeid, int fieldid, nc_type *field_typeidp);
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.
field_typeidp
Pointer to a nc_type which will get the typeid of the field.

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.