cdflib.getAttrEntry - Value of entry in attribute with variable scope

Syntax

Description

value = cdflib.getAttrEntry(cdfId,attrNum,entryNum) returns the value of an attribute entry in a Common Data Format (CDF) file.

Input Arguments

Output Arguments

Examples

Open the example CDF and get the value of an entry associated with an attribute with variable scope in the file.

cdfid = cdflib.open('example.cdf');

% The fourth attribute is of variable scope.
attrscope = cdflib.getAttrScope(cdfid,3)

attrscope =

VARIABLE_SCOPE

% Get information about the first entry for this attribute
[dtype numel] = cdflib.inquireAttrEntry(cdfid,3,0)

dtype =

cdf_char


numel =

    10

% Get the value of the entry for this attribute.
% Note that it's a character string, 10 characters in length
value = cdflib.getAttrEntry(cdfid,3,0)

value =

Time value

% Clean up
cdflib.close(cdfid);

clear cdfid

References

This function corresponds to the CDF library C API routine CDFgetAttrzEntry. To use these functions, you must be familiar with the CDF C interface. Read the CDF documentation at the CDF Web site. For copyright information, see the cdfcopyright.txt file.

See Also

cdflib.getAttrgEntry | cdflib.putAttrEntry | cdflib.putAttrgEntry

Tutorials

• Importing Common Data File Format (CDF) Files
• Exporting to Common Data File Format (CDF) Files