netcdf.inqGrpParent

Return ID of parent group

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    Syntax

    parentGroupID = netcdf.inqGrpParent(ncid)

    Description

    parentGroupID = netcdf.inqGrpParent(ncid) returns the ID of the parent group given the location of the child group, specified by ncid.

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    Examples

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    This example opens the netCDF sample file and gets the full path of the parent of the specified group.

    ncid = netcdf.open("example.nc",'NOWRITE');
gid = netcdf.inqNcid(ncid,"grid2");
parentId = netcdf.inqGrpParent(gid);
fullName = netcdf.inqGrpNameFull(parentId);
netcdf.close(ncid);

    Input Arguments

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    Identifier of netCDF file, returned by netcdf.create function or netcdf.open function, or of a netCDF group, returned by netcdf.defGrp function.

    Data Types: double

    Output Arguments

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    Identifier of the netCDF group or file that is the parent of the specified file or group, returned as an integer.

    Data Types: double

    Version History

    Introduced in R2010b

    See Also

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