netcdf.putVar

Write data to netCDF variable

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Syntax

netcdf.putVar(ncid,varid,data)
netcdf.putVar(ncid,varid,start,data)
netcdf.putVar(ncid,varid,start,count,data)
netcdf.putVar(ncid,varid,start,count,stride,data)

Description

netcdf.putVar(ncid,varid,data) writes data to a netCDF variable identified by varid.

Note

For variable values containing text data, the data input must have only ASCII encoded characters.

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

netcdf.putVar(ncid,varid,start,data) writes a single data value into the variable at the index specified by start.

netcdf.putVar(ncid,varid,start,count,data) writes a section of values into the netCDF variable at the index specified by the vector start to the extent specified by the vector count, along each dimension of the specified variable.

netcdf.putVar(ncid,varid,start,count,stride,data) writes the subsection specified by sampling interval, stride, of the values in the section of the variable beginning at the index start and to the extent specified by count.

This function corresponds to several variable I/O 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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Create a new netCDF file and write a variable to the file.

Create a 50 element vector for a variable. 

my_vardata = linspace(0,50,50);

Open the netCDF file. 

ncid = netcdf.create('foo.nc','NOCLOBBER');

Define the dimensions of the variable. 

dimid = netcdf.defDim(ncid,'my_dim',50);

Define a new variable in the file. 

my_varID = netcdf.defVar(ncid,'my_var','double',dimid);

Leave define mode and enter data mode to write data. 

netcdf.endDef(ncid);

Write data to variable. 

netcdf.putVar(ncid,my_varID,my_vardata);

Verify that the variable was created. 

[varname xtype dimid natts ] = netcdf.inqVar(ncid,0)
varname = 
'my_var'

xtype = 6

dimid = 0

natts = 0

Close the file. 

netcdf.close(ncid)
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Write to the first ten elements of the example temperature variable. 

srcFile = fullfile(matlabroot,'toolbox','matlab','demos','example.nc');
copyfile(srcFile,'myfile.nc');
fileattrib('myfile.nc','+w');
ncid = netcdf.open('myfile.nc','WRITE');
varid = netcdf.inqVarID(ncid,'temperature');
data = [100:109];
netcdf.putVar(ncid,varid,0,10,data);
netcdf.close(ncid);

See Also

MATLAB Documentation

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