cdflib.getAttrMaxEntry - Number of last entry for variable attribute

Syntax

Description

maxEntry = cdflib.getAttrMaxEntry(cdfId,attrNum) returns the number of the last entry for an attribute in a Common Data Format (CDF) file.

cdfId identifies the CDF file.

attrNum is a numeric value that specifies the attribute. Attribute numbers are zero-based. The attribute must have variable scope.

Input Arguments

Output Arguments

Examples

Open the example CDF and get the number of the last 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 the number of the last entry for this attribute.
entrynum = cdflib.getAttrMaxEntry(cdfid,3)

entrynum =

    3


% Clean up
cdflib.close(cdfid);

clear cdfid

References

This function corresponds to the CDF library C API routine CDFgetAttrMaxzEntry. 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.getAttrMaxgEntry

Tutorials

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