R: Print Information About a netCDF File

print.ncdf4 {ncdf4} | R Documentation

## Print Information About a netCDF File

### Description

Prints information about a netCDF file, including the variables and dimensions it contains.

### Usage

     ## S3 method for class 'ncdf4'
    print( x, ... )

### Arguments

`x` | An object of class "ncdf4".
`...` | Extra arguments are passed to the generic print function.

### Details

NetCDF files contain variables, which themselves have dimensions. This routine prints out useful information about a netCDF file's variables and dimensions. It is overloaded on the regular print function, so if "nc" is an object of class "ncdf4", then just calling `print(nc)` will suffice. Objects of class "ncdf4" are returned from `nc_open` and `nc_create`.

### Author(s)

David W. Pierce dpierce@ucsd.edu

### References

http://dwpierce.com/software

### See Also

`ncvar_def`

### Examples

    # Open a netCDF file, print information about it
    nc <- nc_open( "salinity.nc" )
    print(nc)

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