gdaGetType¶
Purpose¶
Gets the type of a variable in a GAUSS Data Archive.
Format¶
-
vartype =
gdaGetType
(filename, varname)¶ Parameters: - filename (string) – name of data file.
- varname (string) – name of variable in the GDA.
Returns: vartype (scalar) – type of the variable in the GDA.
Examples¶
vartype = gdaGetType("myfile.gda", "x1");
Remarks¶
The return vartype may contain any of the following:
6 | Matrix |
13 | String |
15 | String array |
21 | Array |
If gdaGetType()
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. |
10 | File contains no variables. |
14 | File too large to be read on current platform. |
See also
Functions gdaGetTypes()