gdaGetName

Purpose

Gets the name of a variable in a GAUSS Data Archive.

Format

varname = gdaGetName(filename, varind)
Parameters:
  • filename (string) – name of data file.

  • varind (scalar) – index of variable in the GDA.

Returns:

varname (string) – name of variable in the GDA.

Examples

varname = gdaGetName("myfile.gda", 5);

Remarks

If gdaGetName() fails, it will return a scalar error code. Call scalerr() to get the value of the error code. The error code may be any of the following:

1

Null file name.

2

File open error.

4

File read error.

5

Invalid file type.

8

Variable not found.

See also

Functions gdaGetIndex(), gdaRead(), gdaGetNames()