Re: [ferret_users] variable names with dashes

[Ge.Peng@xxxxxxxx]

Ansley,

Thanks for pointing me to the right direction for a way to handle
invalid variable names in ferret. I got what I need.

--- Peng



----- Original Message -----
From: Ansley Manke <Ansley.B.Manke@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 2:49 pm
Subject: Re: [ferret_users] variable names with dashes

> Hi Peng,
> Yes, there's a way to handle this. I'll just point you to where you 
> can 
> find the information. The index entry you need in the Users Guide 
> is 
> under "netCDF, invalid variable names"
> 
> Also, look up "Renaming variables"  which is another way to deal 
> with 
> this - you give the variable a new name upon opening the file, and 
> that 
> new name replaces the one that's hard to use.
> 
> Ansley
> 
> On 8/10/2010 9:53 AM, Ge.Peng@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I run into a netCDF data file with variables that have dashes, i.e.,
> > u-comp-wind and v-comp-wind. Ferret seems to think it is minus 
> sign in
> > between variables (u, v, comp, and wind).
> >
> > Is there a way I could use those variables in ferret?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --- Peng
> >    
>