which_var: Retrieve the full variable name that best matches the...

In BigelowLab/namanl: nam218

Description

This functions helps resolve the issues that arise with changing GRIB2 variable names but note that it is possible for more than one variable name may be returned.

Usage

which_var(
  nc,
  pattern = c("Total_precipitation", "Convective_precipitation")[1],
  ignore.case = TRUE,
  ...
)

Arguments

nc	a ncdf4 class object
pattern	to match - see grepl()
ignore.case	logical it TRUE ignore case in the pattern
...	further arguments for grepl()

Value

character vector of zero or more matches

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