Rename a NetCDF Dimension
Rename a NetCDF dimension.
dim.rename.nc(ncfile, dimension, newname)
ncfile |
Object of class " |
dimension |
Either the ID or the name of the dimension to be renamed. |
newname |
The new dimension name. |
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.
Pavel Michna, Milton Woods
## Create a new NetCDF dataset and define two dimensions
file1 <- tempfile("dim.rename_", fileext=".nc")
nc <- create.nc(file1)
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)
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