gdaIsCplx

Purpose

Checks to see if a variable in a GAUSS Data Archive is complex.

Format

is_cmplx = gdaIsCplx(filename, varname)

Parameters:

• filename (string) – name of data file.
• varname (string) – name of variable in the GDA.

Returns:

is_cmplx (scalar) – 1 if variable is complex; 0 if real.

Examples

is_cmplx = gdaIsCplx("myfile.gda", "x1");

Remarks

If gdaIsCplx() fails, it will return a scalar error code. Call scalerr() to get the value of the error code. Valid error codes for this command include:

1	Null file name.
2	File open error.
4	File read error.
5	Invalid file type.
8	Variable not found.
10	File contains no variables.
14	File too large to be read on current platform.