cf.Index.nc_get_sample_dimension

Index.nc_get_sample_dimension(default=ValueError())[source]

Return the netCDF sample dimension name.

New in version 1.7.0.

See also

nc_del_sample_dimension, nc_has_sample_dimension, nc_set_sample_dimension

Parameters
default: optional

Return the value of the default parameter if the netCDF sample dimension name has not been set. If set to an Exception instance then it will be raised instead.

Returns
str

The netCDF sample dimension name.

Examples:

>>> f.nc_set_sample_dimension('time')
>>> f.nc_has_sample_dimension()
True
>>> f.nc_get_sample_dimension()
'time'
>>> f.nc_del_sample_dimension()
'time'
>>> f.nc_has_sample_dimension()
False
>>> print(f.nc_get_sample_dimension(None))
None
>>> print(f.nc_del_sample_dimension(None))
None