nc_vardelete

nc_vardelete deletes a given variable. A variable can only be deleted if the file is not in definition mode.

ret = nc_vardelete(ncid, ssName)

Return Value

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

Parameters

ncid

Identifies the netCDF file.

ssName

ssName is the name of the netCDF variable.

Comment

This function can only be used for UniPlot data files (.nc2). See nc_create. For netCDF-files (NC_FORMAT_CLASSIC and NC_FORMAT_PC) the function always returns -1.

History

Version	Description
5.6.0	New.

See also

Overview UniPlot Data Files, nc_create, nc_redef

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