[netCDFPerl #ITS-697598]: I have a question about NetCDFPerl

["Unidata netCDF Perl Support" <support-netcdf-perl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Shinsaku Nakamura,

> This is Shinsaku Nakamura, and I'm working to create a system with
> NetCDFPerl.
> 
> Now, I have a little trouble on the project, especially on varput(), and
> varput1() modules.
> When I had an array which was consisted of "texts" and tried to put the
> array to my netCDF file, I would had a message like:
> 
> "A" isn't numeric in subroutine entry at ___.pm line #.
> 
> It happened all the time except when I put some numbers on the array.

The netCDF library doesn't support a textual (or string) type of
variable.  Instead, strings are treated as a one-dimensional array
of characters.  For an example of the use of strings, see the file
"src/perl/test.pl" in the source-distribution.  Look for the string
"Hello world".

> My environment to use NetCDF
> OS: Fedora Core 5
> perl: perl 5.8.8
> NetCDF: NetCDF 3.6.2
> 
> I could not get it
> although I've been searching some solutions on the internet or rearrange
> my system.
> 
> I will be very glad if you show me some advice as soon as possible.
> Please.
> 
> Have a nice day anyway.
> 
> 
> Shinsaku A Nakamura
> IMS Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan
> shinsaku.nakamura@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ITS-697598
Department: Support netCDF Perl
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed