Attribute number, given attribute name
attrNum = cdflib.getAttrNum(cdfId,attrName)
attrNum = cdflib.getAttrNum(cdfId,attrName)
returns the number of an attribute in a Common Data Format (CDF) file.
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Identifier of a CDF file, returned by a call to |
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Character vector or string scalar specifying the name of an attribute. |
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Numeric value that identifies the attribute. Attribute numbers are zero-based. |
Open the example CDF and get the attribute number associated
with the SampleAttribute attribute.
cdfid = cdflib.open('example.cdf');
attrNum = cdflib.getAttrNum(cdfid,'SampleAttribute')
attrNum =
0
% Clean up
cdflib.close(cdfid);
clear cdfidThis function corresponds to the CDF library C API routine CDFgetAttrNum.
To use this function, you must be familiar with the CDF C
interface. Read the CDF documentation at the CDF website.
For copyright information, see the cdfcopyright.txt file.