cdflib.getVarAllocRecords
Number of records allocated for variable
Syntax
numrecs = cdflib.getVarAllocRecords(cdfId, varNum)
Description
numrecs = cdflib.getVarAllocRecords(cdfId, varNum)
returns the number of records allocated for a variable in a Common
Data Format (CDF) file.
cdfId
identifies the CDF file. varNum
is
a numeric value that identifies the variable. Variable numbers are
zero-based.
Examples
Open example CDF and get the number of records allocated for a variable:
cdfId = cdflib.open("example.cdf"); % Find number of records allocated for first variable in the file numrecs = cdflib.getVarAllocRecords(cdfId,0)
numrecs = 64
% Clean up cdflib.close(cdfId) clear cdfId
Tips
This function corresponds to the CDF library C API routine
CDFgetzVarAllocRecords
.To use this function, you must be familiar with the CDF C interface. You can access the CDF documentation at the CDF website.