<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Quick question about a reserved variable in GrADS. According to the scripting doc page (<a href="http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/script.html">http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/script.html</a>), there are four predefined variables: lat, lon, lev, and time. However, I can’t get “time” to work.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>After opening control file (which I know works!)…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>ga-> set x 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>LON set to 0 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>ga-> set y 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>LAT set to -90 -90<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>ga-> d lat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Result value = -90<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>ga-> d lon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Result value = 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>ga-> d time<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Syntax Error: Invalid Operand<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> 'time' not a variable or function name<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> Error ocurred at column 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>DISPLAY error: Invalid expression<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> Expression = time<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>ga-> d lev<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Result value = 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>ga-> set t 1 last<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Time values set: 2008:8:6:0 2008:8:9:23<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>ga-> d time<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Syntax Error: Invalid Operand<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> 'time' not a variable or function name<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> Error ocurred at column 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>DISPLAY error: Invalid expression<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> Expression = time<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>~Dave<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>