Rename a NetCDF Variable
Rename a NetCDF variable.
var.rename.nc(ncfile, variable, newname)
ncfile |
Object of class " |
variable |
Either the ID or the name of the variable to be renamed. |
newname |
The new variable name. |
This function renames an existing variable in a NetCDF dataset open for writing. A variable cannot be renamed to have the same name as another variable.
Pavel Michna, Milton Woods
## Create a new NetCDF dataset and define two dimensions
file1 <- tempfile("var.rename_", fileext=".nc")
nc <- create.nc(file1)
dim.def.nc(nc, "station", 5)
dim.def.nc(nc, "time", unlim=TRUE)
## Create two variables, one as coordinate variable
var.def.nc(nc, "time", "NC_INT", "time")
var.def.nc(nc, "temperature", "NC_DOUBLE", c(0,1))
## Rename these variables
var.rename.nc(nc, 0, "mytime")
var.rename.nc(nc, "temperature", "mytemperature")
close.nc(nc)
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