Hi Ken, There is a simple example in the C users guide, here: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf-c.html#Strings There's another example in this answer to a previous support question: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/support/help/MailArchives/netcdf/msg01516.html I hope this helps ... --Russ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: QDV-157849 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed