.. highlightlang:: us

.. _nc_dimrename:

nc_dimrename
============

.. index:: nc_dimrename

.. us.tag  nc_dimrename ENGLISH NC_Dim New320

:ref:`nc_dimrename` renames a given dimension.

.. function::  ret = nc_dimrename(ncid, dimid, ssNewName)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*ret*.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: ncid

   Identifies the netCDF file.

.. uparam:: dimid

   *dimid* is the ID of a dimension.

.. uparam:: ssNewName

   *ssNewName* is the new name of the netCDF dimension.

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

:sub:`id-1108275`