The CDF_VARRENAME procedure renames an existing variable in a Common Data Format file.
Examples
See the example for CDF_VARGET.
Syntax
CDF_VARRENAME, Id, OldVariable, NewName [, /ZVARIABLE]
Arguments
Id
The CDF ID, returned from a previous call to CDF_OPEN or CDF_CREATE.
OldVariable
A string containing the current name of the variable or the variable number to be renamed.
NewName
A string containing the new name for the variable.
Keywords
ZVARIABLE
If OldVariable is a variable ID (as opposed to a variable name) and the variable is a zVariable, set this flag to indicate that the variable ID is a zVariable ID. The default is to assume that OldVariable is an rVariable ID.
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