cfdm.core.Coordinate.get_geometry

Coordinate.get_geometry(default=ValueError())[source]

Return the geometry type.

New in version (cfdm): 1.8.0

See also

has_geometry, set_geometry, del_geometry

Parameters
default: optional

Return the value of the default parameter if the geometry type has not been set.

If set to an Exception instance then it will be raised instead.

Returns
str

The geometry type.

Examples

>>> f = cfdm.core.read('file.nc')[0]
>>> c = f.construct('axis=X')
>>> c.has_geometry()
True
>>> c.get_geometry()
'line'
>>> b = c.del_geometry()
>>> c.has_geometry()
False
>>> print(c.get_geometry(None))
None

>>> c.set_geometry(b)
>>> c.has_geometry()
True