/// <summary>
/// Adds a one-dimensional variable to the specified SDS object with floating point dimension data
/// </summary>
/// <param name="SDSObject">A reference to an SDS object</param>
/// <param name="variableName">The name of the variable to create</param>
/// <param name="units">Units of the data</param>
/// <param name="numDimensions">The number of dimensions for the new variable</param>
/// <param name="namesDimensions">A vector of names of the dimensions for the variable</param>
/// <param name="missingValue">The missing value to apply to the new variable</param>
/// <param name="dimension1Data">A vector of values of the first dimension</param>
public void AddVariable(DataSet SDSObject, string variableName, string units, int numDimensions, string[] namesDimensions, double missingValue, float[] dimension1Data)
{
//If the wrong number of dimension names have been provided, then return error
if (namesDimensions.Length != numDimensions)
Debug.Fail("Error: you have provided the wrong number of dimension names");
//Since this overload method deals with one-dimensional variables, return an error if this is not the case
if (numDimensions != 1)
Debug.Fail("Error: you have provided data for the wrong number of dimensions");
//If the variable already exists in the SDS, then take no action, otherwise create new variable
if (SDSObject.Variables.Contains(variableName))
{
Console.WriteLine("SDS object already contains a variable with that name. Skipping...");
}
else
{
//For each dimension, if it already exists in the SDS then take no action, otherwise create a new variable and populate it with the provided data
if (SDSObject.Variables.Contains(namesDimensions[0]))
{
}
else
{
SDSObject.AddVariable<float>(namesDimensions[0], dimension1Data, namesDimensions[0]);
}
//If the variable is the same as one of the entered dimensions, then take no action, otherwise create the new variable and populate it with missing values
if (SDSObject.Variables.Contains(variableName))
{
}
else
{
//Create array of missing values of the correct dimensions
double[] tempOutData = new double[dimension1Data.Length];
for (int ii = 0; ii < dimension1Data.Length; ii++)
{
tempOutData[ii] = missingValue;
}
//Add variable to SDS
var testOut = SDSObject.Add<double[]>(variableName, units, missingValue, tempOutData, namesDimensions);
//Metadata required by SDS
testOut.Metadata["DisplayName"] = variableName;
testOut.Metadata["MissingValue"] = missingValue;
//Commit changes
SDSObject.Commit();
}
}
}
