Re: [ferret_users] variable with period not recognized

[Ansley Manke <ansley.b.manke@xxxxxxxx>]

All,
At the risk of over-doing this thread, yet another solution is to rename the variable.  Again, with the variable name within the single quotes matching the case in the file,

yes? use "paks/data/output/FDalad.2010122040.nc"
yes? set var/name=alad_2010122040 'alad.2010122040'

This changes only the variable name; everything else about the variable and the dataset remain the same. From now on, use the name alad_2010122040.

Ansley

On 2/6/2013 7:24 AM, FISSEHA G. BERHANE wrote:

Hi,

If I was you, I would also try:

fill  'ALAD.2010122040'



Best
Fisseha


--- On Wed, 2/6/13, Peter Szabo <szabpet83@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Peter Szabo <szabpet83@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ferret_users]
To: "ferret" <ferret_users@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 8:49 AM

Hello Users,

Does anybody know why Ferret is acting as if there was no variable in my file, even though it says so. Also, the error message appears twice.
I attach the actual file.

Thanks, Peter

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yes? use "paks/data/output/FDalad.2010122040.nc"
 *** NOTE: If no missing_value or _FillValue attribute on variables, will use NaN
yes? sh data
     currently SET data sets:
    1> paks/data/output/FDalad.2010122040.nc  (default)
 name     title                             I         J         K         L
 ALAD.2010122040
          Frost days index is the number   1:58      1:37      1:1       1:1
 
yes? fill ALAD.2010122040
 **ERROR: variable unknown or not in data set: ALAD.2010122040
 
 **ERROR: variable unknown or not in data set: ALAD.2010122040