scipy.io.netcdf.netcdf_variable

class scipy.io.netcdf.netcdf_variable(data, typecode, shape, dimensions, attributes=None)

netcdf_variable objects are constructed by calling the method createVariable on the netcdf_file object.

netcdf_variable objects behave much like array objects defined in Numpy, except that their data resides in a file. Data is read by indexing and written by assigning to an indexed subset; the entire array can be accessed by the index [:] or using the methods getValue and assignValue. netcdf_variable objects also have attribute shape with the same meaning as for arrays, but the shape cannot be modified. There is another read-only attribute dimensions, whose value is the tuple of dimension names.

All other attributes correspond to variable attributes defined in the NetCDF file. Variable attributes are created by assigning to an attribute of the netcdf_variable object.

Methods

assignValue
getValue
typecode