Re: [netcdfgroup] NcType problems on Ubuntu 16.04

• To: Daniel.Potter@xxxxxxxx
• Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] NcType problems on Ubuntu 16.04
• From: "Elizabeth A. Fischer" <elizabeth.fischer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 01:07:34 -0500

Daniel,

I believe you're using the "new" (NetCDF4) C++ interface?

It has known problems with NcType, specifically for any types not in the
NetCDF3 data model.  I solved them by using strings instead of the symbolic
enums; some of the API functions take strings.  If I need a NcType object,
I use the following function to get one:

inline netCDF::NcType nc_type(netCDF::NcVar ncvar, std::string sntype)
    { return ncvar.getParentGroup().getType(sntype,
netCDF::NcGroup::ParentsAndCurrent);
}

-- Elizabeth

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