id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
561	Updated several Matlab scripts	arango	arango	"I continue my slow updating of all the Matlab scripts that use the '''NetCDF''' interfaces.  As mentioned in [https://www.myroms.org/wiki/index.php/Matlab_Scripts WikiROMS], we are moving to the native NetCDF interface. However, we still support the '''MEXNC''' and '''SNCTOOLS''' interfaces.

I added a new function '''nc_contant.m''' to return the numeric value associated with the name of a '''NetCDF''' library parameter.  It is an umbrella on top of the native function or older NetCDF interfaces.  For example,
{{{

> value = nc_constant('NC_FLOAT')
  or
> value = nc_constant('nc_float')
}}}

It turns out that we have several scripts in this repository that use these named string parameters.  They are defined if the '''MEXNC''' interface is installed... Some of you were having problems when using the the native interface alone without having the '''MEXNC''' interface installed.

I also reinstate old function '''nc_vname.m''' to get the names of all variables in a '''NetCDF''' file. This function is '''OBSOLETE''' but it is kept for backward compatibility. Use '''nc_vnames.m''' in the future.

I still have more work ahead to port several old scripts to use also the native Matlab interface."	upgrade	closed	major	Matlab Processing Scripts	Matlab	3.6	Done