.. highlightlang:: us

.. _nc_attdelete:

nc_attdelete
============

.. index:: nc_attdelete

.. us.tag  nc_attdelete ENGLISH NC_Att New330

:ref:`nc_attdelete` deletes a given attribut. The file must be in define mode.

.. function::  ret = nc_attdelete(ncid, varid, ssName)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*ret* is -1 if an error occurs, otherwise *ret* is 1.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: ncid

   Identifies the netCDF file.

.. uparam:: varid

   *varid* is the identification number of the variable
   or -1 for a global attribute.

.. uparam:: ssName

   *ssName* is the name of the netCDF attribute.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-netcdf-files`,
   :ref:`nc_create`,
   :ref:`nc_redef`,
   :ref:`nc_attrename`

:sub:`id-207933`