R: Print Summary Information About a NetCDF Dataset

print.nc {RNetCDF} | R Documentation

## Print Summary Information About a NetCDF Dataset

### Description

Print summary information about a NetCDF dataset.

### Usage

    print.nc(x, ...)

### Arguments

`x` | Object of class "`NetCDF`" which points to the NetCDF dataset (as returned from `open.nc`).
`...` | Arguments passed to or from other methods (not used).

### Details

This function prints information about a NetCDF dataset. This includes a list of all dimensions and their length, a list of all variables and their attributes (including their values) and a list of all global attributes (including their values).

The output of this function is almost identical with a `"ncdump -h"` call. Because arrays in R have their leftmost subscript varying fastest, the fastest varying dimensions are printed first.

### Author(s)

Pavel Michna

### References

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/

### Examples

    ##  Create a new NetCDF dataset and define two dimensions
    nc <- create.nc("print.nc")

    dim.def.nc(nc, "station", 5)
    dim.def.nc(nc, "time", unlim=TRUE)

    ##  Create two variables, one as coordinate variable
    var.def.nc(nc, "time", "NC_INT", "time")
    var.def.nc(nc, "temperature", "NC_DOUBLE", c(0,1))

    ##  Put some attributes
    att.put.nc(nc, "temperature", "missing_value", "NC_DOUBLE", -99999.9)
    att.put.nc(nc, "temperature", "long_name", "NC_CHAR", "air temperature")
    att.put.nc(nc, "NC_GLOBAL", "title", "NC_CHAR", "Data from Foo")
    att.put.nc(nc, "NC_GLOBAL", "history", "NC_CHAR", paste("Created on", date()))

    ##  Print summary information about the dataset
    print.nc(nc)

    close.nc(nc)

[Package RNetCDF version 1.9-1 Index]