netcdf.inqAttName - Return name of netCDF attribute
Syntax
attname = netcdf.inqAttName(ncid,varid,attnum)
Description
attname = netcdf.inqAttName(ncid,varid,attnum) returns attname,
a text string specifying the name of an attribute.
ncid is a netCDF file identifier returned
by netcdf.create or netcdf.open.
varid is a numeric identifier of a variable
in the file. If you want to get the name of a global attribute in
the file, use netcdf.getConstant('NC_GLOBAL') in
place of attnum is a zero-based numeric value specifying
the attribute, with 0 indicating the first attribute, 1 the second
attribute, and so on.
This function corresponds to the nc_inq_attname function
in the netCDF library C API. To use this function, you should be familiar
with the information about netCDF contained in the NetCDF
C Interface Guide for version 3.6.2.
Examples
This example opens the example netCDF file included with MATLAB, example.nc.
% Open netCDF example file.
ncid = netcdf.open('example.nc','NC_NOWRITE');
% Get identifier of a variable in the file.
varid = netcdf.inqVarID(ncid,'avagadros_number')
% Get the name of the attribute associated with the variable.
attname = netcdf.inqAttName(ncid,varid,0)
attname =
description
% Get the name of the global attribute associated with the variable.
gattname = netcdf.inqAttName(ncid,netcdf.getConstant('NC_GLOBAL'),0)
gattname =
creation_date
See Also
netcdf.inqAtt netcdf.inqAttID
 | netcdf.inqAttID | | netcdf.inqDim |  |
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