dim.rename.nc: Rename a NetCDF Dimension
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dim.rename.nc

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Rename a NetCDF Dimension

Description

Rename a NetCDF dimension.

Usage

dim.rename.nc(ncfile, dimension, newname)

Arguments

`ncfile`	Object of class `NetCDF` which points to the NetCDF dataset (as returned from `open.nc`).
`dimension`	Either the ID or the name of the dimension to be renamed.
`newname`	The new dimension name.

Details

This function renames an existing dimension in a NetCDF dataset open for writing. A dimension cannot be renamed to have the same name as another dimension.

Author(s)

Pavel Michna, Milton Woods

References

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

Examples

##  Create a new NetCDF dataset and define two dimensions
file1 <- tempfile("dim.rename_", fileext=".nc")
nc <- create.nc(file1)

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

##  Rename the dimensions
dim.rename.nc(nc, 0, "mystation")
dim.rename.nc(nc, "time", "mytime")

close.nc(nc)
unlink(file1)

RNetCDF documentation built on May 29, 2024, 2:41 a.m.