netcdf.getVar

Read data from NetCDF variable

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Syntax

data = netcdf.getVar(ncid,varid)
data = netcdf.getVar(ncid,varid,start)
data = netcdf.getVar(ncid,varid,start,count)
data = netcdf.getVar(ncid,varid,start,count,stride)
data = netcdf.getVar(___,output_type)

Description

data = netcdf.getVar(ncid,varid) returns data, the value of the variable specified by varid. MATLAB® attempts to match the class of the output data to NetCDF class of the variable.

Note

For variable values containing text, the netcdf.getVar function supports reading only of data that is ASCII encoded.

ncid is a NetCDF file identifier returned by netcdf.create or netcdf.open.

data = netcdf.getVar(ncid,varid,start) returns a single value starting at the specified index, start.

data = netcdf.getVar(ncid,varid,start,count) returns a contiguous section of a variable. start specifies the starting point and count specifies the amount of data to return.

data = netcdf.getVar(ncid,varid,start,count,stride) returns a subset of a section of a variable. start specifies the starting point, count specifies the extent of the section, and stride specifies which values to return.

data = netcdf.getVar(___,output_type) specifies the data type of the return value data. Specify output_type as one of these values.

'int8'
'uint8'
'int16'
'int32'
'single'
'double'

This function corresponds to several functions in the NetCDF library C API. To use this function, you should be familiar with the NetCDF programming paradigm.

Examples

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Open the example file, example.nc.

ncid = netcdf.open('example.nc','NC_NOWRITE');

Get the name of the first variable in the file.

varname = netcdf.inqVar(ncid,0)
varname = 
'avagadros_number'

Get variable ID of the first variable, given its name.

varid = netcdf.inqVarID(ncid,varname)
varid = 0

Get the value of the variable. Use the variable ID as the second input to the netcdf.getVar function.

data = netcdf.getVar(ncid,varid)
data = 6.0221e+23

Display the data type of the output value.

whos data
  Name      Size            Bytes  Class     Attributes

  data      1x1                 8  double

Get the value of the avogadros_number variable again, specifying that the output data type should be single.

data = netcdf.getVar(ncid,varid,'single');

Display the data type of the output value.

whos data
  Name      Size            Bytes  Class     Attributes

  data      1x1                 4  single

Close the NetCDF file.

netcdf.close(ncid)

See Also

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