5.19 Find the Number of Dimensions in an Array Field: nc_inq_compound_fieldndims
Given the typeid and the fieldid, get the number of dimensions of that
field.
Usage
int nc_inq_compound_fieldndims(int ncid, nc_type xtype, int fieldid,
int *ndimsp);
ncid
- The file or group ID.
xtype
- The typeid for this compound type, as returned by nc_def_compound, or
nc_inq_var.
fieldid
- The id of the field in the compound type. Fields are numbered starting
with 0 for the first inserted field.
ndimsp
- Pointer to an int which will get the number of dimensions of the
field. Non-array fields have 0 dimensions.
Errors
NC_NOERR
- No error.
NC_EBADTYPEID
- Bad typeid.
NC_EBADFIELDID
- Bad fieldid.
NC_EHDFERR
- An error was reported by the HDF5 layer.
Example
See the example section for nc_inq_compound.