netcdf.inqGrps

Return array of child group IDs

Syntax

childGrps = netcdf.inqGrps(ncid)

Description

childGrps = netcdf.inqGrps(ncid) returns all the child group IDs in the file or parent group, specified by ncid.

Examples

Retrieve Child Group Information

This example opens the sample netCDF file and then gets information about the groups it contains.

 ncid = netcdf.open("example.nc",'NOWRITE');
 childGroups = netcdf.inqGrps(ncid);
 netcdf.close(ncid);

Input Arguments

ncid — File identifier

nonnegative integer scalar

Identifier of a netCDF file, returned by netcdf.create or netcdf.open, or of a netCDF group, returned by netcdf.defGrp, specified as a nonnegative integer scalar.

Data Types: double

Output Arguments

childGrps — Child group identifiers

nonnegative integer array

Identifiers of child groups in the specified netCDF file or group, returned as a nonnegative integer array.

Data Types: double

Tips

• This function corresponds to the nc_inq_grps function in the netCDF library C API.

Version History

Introduced in R2010b