addVariable

Add a real or complex variable to the group.

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Declaration

 var = addVariable(name,dimNames,value,options)

Parameters

• name (char

  string) Variable name.

• dimNames (cell

  string) Dimension names (coordinate dimensions) defining the variable.

• value (:) Variable data. Omit or pass [] to create metadata without writing data.
• options.isComplex (logical) Create a complex variable wrapper. Default false.
• options.shouldWriteImmediately (logical) Write metadata and data to file immediately when possible. Default true.

Returns

• var (NetCDFVariable) Created variable object.

Discussion

  ncfile.addVariable('fluid-tracer', {'x','y','t'}, myVariableData);

or intializes an variable without setting the data,

  ncfile.addVariable('fluid-tracer', {'x','y','t'});