netcdf/perl interface and CHAR variables

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Subject: netcdf/perl interface and CHAR variables
From: "Stephen C. Diggs" <sdiggs@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 17:07:02 -0700

Hey Folks,

I actually asked this question about 10 years ago and saw myreply/answer on the web, but I need something more exact.

I'm using the latest netCDF/Perl interface and it works great, exceptfor one thing: writing CHAR variables.


Say I have this:                @array = qw ( dog bunny goat);

and I'd like to to this:

                NetCDF::varput($ncid, $varid_pets,      \@start, 
\@count,\@array );

Of course this doesn't work. NetCDF treats strings as arrays, and Perltreats them as scalars. So, what *exact* codelet would I need to getthis ncdump partial result?:


        pets = 'dog', 'bunny', 'goat';

thanks,
-Steve Diggs

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