netcdf.inqGrpName

Return name of group

Syntax

groupName = netcdf.inqGrpName(ncid)

Description

groupName = netcdf.inqGrpName(ncid) returns the name of a group specified by ncid.

Note

This function corresponds to the nc_inq_grpname function in the netCDF library C API.

Examples

Obtain Group Names from a NetCDF File

This example opens the NetCDF sample file and gets the names of groups in the dataset.

 ncid = netcdf.open("example.nc",'NOWRITE');
 name = netcdf.inqGrpName(ncid);
 netcdf.close(ncid);

Input Arguments

ncid — NetCDF file identifier

integer

Identifier of NetCDF file, returned by netcdf.create function or netcdf.open function, or of a NetCDF group, returned by netcdf.defGrp function.

Data Types: double

Output Arguments

groupName — Name of the group

character vector

The name of the group specified by ncid, returned as a character vector. The root group has the name '/'.

Data Types: char

Version History

Introduced in R2010b