cdflib.getAttrName

Attribute name, given attribute number

Syntax

name = cdflib.getAttrName(cdfId,attrNum)

name = cdflib.getAttrName(cdfId,attrNum) returns the name of an attribute in a Common Data Format (CDF) file.

`cdfId`	Identifier of a CDF file, returned by a call to `cdflib.create` or `cdflib.open`.
`attrNum`	Numeric value that identifies the attribute. Attribute numbers are zero-based.

name

Character vector specifying the name of the attribute.

Open the example CDF and get name of an attribute.

cdfId = cdflib.open("example.cdf");

% Get name of the first attribute in the file
attrName = cdflib.getAttrName(cdfId,0)

attrName =

    'SampleAttribute'

% Clean up
cdflib.close(cdfId)
clear cdfId

This function corresponds to the CDF library C API routine CDFgetAttrName.
To use this function, you must be familiar with the CDF C interface. You can access the CDF documentation at the CDF website.