[gradsusr] "Time" variable.

[Jeff Duda]

Dave,
Since "time" is a string, I don't think you would want to display it as a
field anyway. Bill's suggestion is the correct way to go.

Jeff Duda

On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 3:29 PM, Ryglicki, Dr. David <
david.ryglicki at nrlmry.navy.mil> wrote:

> Hi everyone.
>
>
>
> Quick question about a reserved variable in GrADS. According to the
> scripting doc page (http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/script.html), there
> are four predefined variables: lat, lon, lev, and time. However, I can’t
> get “time” to work.
>
>
>
> After opening control file (which I know works!)…
>
>
>
> ga-> set x 1
>
> LON set to 0 0
>
> ga-> set y 1
>
> LAT set to -90 -90
>
> ga-> d lat
>
> Result value = -90
>
> ga-> d lon
>
> Result value = 0
>
> ga-> d time
>
> Syntax Error:  Invalid Operand
>
>   'time' not a variable or function name
>
>   Error ocurred at column 1
>
> DISPLAY error:  Invalid expression
>
>   Expression = time
>
> ga-> d lev
>
> Result value = 1
>
> ga-> set t 1 last
>
> Time values set: 2008:8:6:0 2008:8:9:23
>
> ga-> d time
>
> Syntax Error:  Invalid Operand
>
>   'time' not a variable or function name
>
>   Error ocurred at column 1
>
> DISPLAY error:  Invalid expression
>
>   Expression = time
>
>
>
> Did I mess this up? Is this a bug? Deprecated feature? The destination of
> this information is a time series text file via fprintf.gs. I realize I
> could do this the “long way” with an iterator and repeated ‘q time’ calls,
> but I was wondering if there’s a shortcut. Thanks.
>
>
>
> ~Dave
>
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-- 
Jeff Duda
Post-doctoral research fellow
University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
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