.. highlightlang:: us

.. _nc_dimid:

nc_dimid
========

.. index:: nc_dimid

.. us.tag  nc_dimid ENGLISH NC_Dim

:ref:`nc_dimid` returns the ID of a netCDF
dimension when given the name of the dimension.

.. function::  dimid = nc_dimid(ncid, ssName)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*dimid* is the ID of the dimension with the name *ssName*.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: ncid

   Identifies the netCDF file.

.. uparam:: ssName

   *ssName* is the name of the dimension.

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

:sub:`id-1672061`