Re: Problems with NF_PUT_VARA_DOUBLE

• To: Luiz Paulo <lassad@xxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: Problems with NF_PUT_VARA_DOUBLE
• From: Steve Emmerson <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 12:44:48 -0600

Luiz,

>Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 15:36:16 -0300
>From: Luiz Paulo <lassad@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Problems with NF_PUT_VARA_DOUBLE

The above message contained the following:

> -5.95210664162498e+240, -6.37638669064104e+240,
> -6.37638669064104e+240,
> -6.34742765105198e+273, -6.34742765105198e+273

The range of values that a floating-point netCDF variable can represent
is, necessarily, limited:

    Type        Minimum                 Maximum

    NC_FLOAT    -3.40282347e+38f        3.40282347e+38f
    NC_DOUBLE   -1.79769313486230e+308  1.79769313486230e+308

Are you trying to write values on the order of 1e+24 into an NC_FLOAT
netCDF variable?

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

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  • Problems with NF_PUT_VARA_DOUBLE
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