netcdf-c/examples/C/format.c
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/* This example program is part of Unidata's netCDF library for
scientific data access.
This example shows how to create and deal with files of different
netcdf formats (i.e. classic vs. 64-bit-offset).
Ed Hartnett, 7/13/4
$Id: format.c,v 1.1 2004/07/26 14:04:42 ed Exp $
*/
#include <netcdf.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
/* This macro handles errors by outputting a message to stdout and
then exiting. */
#define NC_EXAMPLE_ERROR 2 /* This is the exit code for failure. */
#define BAIL(e) do { \
printf("Bailing out in file %s, line %d, error:%s.\n", \
__FILE__, __LINE__, nc_strerror(e)); \
return NC_EXAMPLE_ERROR; \
} while (0)
#define NUMDIMS 2
#define NUMVARS 1
#define LAT_LEN 3
#define LON_LEN 2
int
main()
{
int ncid, temp_varid, dimids[NUMDIMS];
float temp[LAT_LEN][LON_LEN], *fp;
char classic_file[] = "classic.nc", offset64_file[] = "offset.nc";
char *file = classic_file;
int i, res;
/* Create a bunch of phoney data so we have something to write in
the example file. */
for (fp=(float *)temp, i=0; i<LAT_LEN*LON_LEN; i++)
*fp++ = 10. + i/10.;
/* Now create the file in both formats with the same code. */
for (i=0; i<2; i++)
{
if (i==1) /* 64-bit offset format file */
{
file = offset64_file;
if ((res = nc_set_default_format(NC_FORMAT_64BIT, NULL)))
BAIL(res);
}
/* Create the netCDF file. */
if ((res = nc_create(file, NC_CLOBBER, &ncid)))
BAIL(res);
/* Define dimensions. */
if ((res = nc_def_dim(ncid, "latitude", LAT_LEN, dimids)))
BAIL(res);
if ((res = nc_def_dim(ncid, "longitude", LON_LEN, &dimids[1])))
BAIL(res);
/* Define the variable. */
if ((res = nc_def_var(ncid, "sfc_temp", NC_FLOAT, NUMDIMS,
dimids, &temp_varid)))
BAIL(res);
/* We're finished defining metadata. */
if ((res = nc_enddef(ncid)))
BAIL(res);
if ((res = nc_put_var_float(ncid, temp_varid, (float *)temp)))
BAIL(res);
/* We're done! */
if ((res = nc_close(ncid)))
BAIL(res);
}
return 0;
}