The NCDF_EXISTS function returns true if the Network Common Data Format (NetCDF) scientific data format library is supported on the current IDL platform.
This routine is written in the IDL language. Its source code can be found in the file ncdf_exists.pro in the lib subdirectory of the IDL distribution.
Examples
The following IDL command prints an error message if the NetCDF library is not available:
IF NCDF_EXISTS() EQ 0 THEN PRINT, 'NCDF not supported.'
Syntax
Result = NCDF_EXISTS( )
Return Value
Returns true if the library is supported.
Arguments
None
Keywords
None
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