netcdf.inqNcid

Return ID of group

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    Syntax

    gid = netcdf.inqNcid(ncid,gname)

    Description

    gid = netcdf.inqNcid(ncid,gname) returns the ID of the group specified by gname in the file or group specified by ncid.

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    Examples

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    Open the sample netCDF file, and get the ID of a group.

    ncid = netcdf.open("example.nc","NOWRITE");
gid = netcdf.inqNcid(ncid,"grid1")

    gid =

       65537

    Close the netCDF file.

    netcdf.close(ncid)

    Input Arguments

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    NetCDF file or group identifier, specified as a nonnegative integer scalar. You can use the netcdf.create or netcdf.open function to return a file identifier. You can use the netcdf.defGrp function to return a group identifier.

    Data Types: double

    NetCDF group name, specified as a string scalar or character vector.

    Tips

    • This function corresponds to the nc_inq_ncid function in the netCDF library C API.

    Version History

    Introduced in R2010b

    See Also

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