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Hi Jeff, > In netcdf-4.0, I don't see how to create variables which are arrays of > strings with length > 1. I see how to create arrays of > single-characters, and arrays of variable-length strings, but not > strings of a specified length. ... > Maybe Russ or Ed can tell me whether this is possible in netcdf-4.0? > Being limited to single character arrays in netcdf-3 was one of things > I really wanted netcdf-4 to overcome. Variable length strings are > nice, but they don't map well to commonly used data structures > (i.e. arrays) in fortran or python. The distinction between an N-dimensional array of chars and an (N-1)-dimensional array of fixed-length strings is pretty subtle, and it looks like we assumed you could use the former if you needed the latter. Multidimensional arrays of chars are supported in netCDF-4 just as in netCDF-3. Maybe a few convenience functions that treat an N-dimensional array of chars as an (N-1)-dimensional array of strings that happen to be fixed length are all that's needed. If not, we may need a more detailed use case that would make clear why that's inadequate. --Russ ============================================================================== To unsubscribe netcdfgroup, visit: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing-list-delete-form.html ==============================================================================
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