.. highlightlang:: us

.. _nc_attrename:

nc_attrename
============

.. index:: nc_attrename

.. us.tag  nc_attrename ENGLISH NC_Att New320

:ref:`nc_attrename` renames a given attribute.

.. function::  ret = nc_attrename(ncid, varid, ssName, ssNewName)

.. 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*.

.. uparam:: ssName

   *ssName* is the name of the netCDF attribute.

.. uparam:: ssNewName

   *ssName* is the new name of the netCDF attribute.

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

:sub:`id-236618`