dim.rename.nc: Rename a NetCDF Dimension

In RNetCDF: Interface to NetCDF Datasets

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

References

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

Examples

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

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)

RNetCDF documentation built on May 2, 2019, 6:12 p.m.