cdflib.getNumgAttributes
Number of attributes with global scope
Syntax
ngatts = cdflib.getNumgAttributes(cdfId)
Description
ngatts = cdflib.getNumgAttributes(cdfId)
returns the total number of global attributes in a Common Data Format
(CDF) file. cdfId
identifies the CDF file.
Examples
Open the example CDF and find out how many global attributes are in the file:
cdfId = cdflib.open("example.cdf"); % Determine the number of global attributes in the file numgAttrs = cdflib.getNumgAttributes(cdfId)
numgAttrs = 3
% Clean up cdflib.close(cdfId) clear cdfId
Tips
This function corresponds to the CDF library C API routine
CDFgetNumgAttributes
.To use this function, you must be familiar with the CDF C interface. You can access the CDF documentation at the CDF website.