The NCDF_NCIDINQ function returns the ID of a group, given the group’s name and parent group’s ID.

Syntax

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Result = NCDF_NCIDINQ( Grpid, Group_name )

Return Value

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Returns the ID of a group whose name is given by Group_name, and whose parent group ID is given by Grpid. If the file is not a valid NetCDF 4 file, the scalar value -1 is returned.

Arguments

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Grpid

The ID of the group’s parent group, returned from a previous call to NCDF_OPEN, NCDF_CREATE, or NCDF_GROUPDEF.

Group_name

The name of the group for which to search.

Keywords

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See the example for NCDF_GROUPNAME.

Version History

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8.0	Introduced

See Also

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NCDF_FULLGROUPNAME, NCDF_GROUPNAME, NCDF_GROUPPARENT