public string[] ReadStringArray(string variableName)
{
Variable variable = _file.findVariable(variableName);
ucar.ma2.Array array1 = variable.read();
int[] shape = array1.getShape();
string[] ret = new string[shape[0]];
for (int c = 0, arrayIndex = 0; c < ret.Length; c++)
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(shape[1]);
for (int d = 0; d < shape[1]; d++, arrayIndex++)
{
sb.Append(array1.getChar(arrayIndex));
}
ret[c] = sb.ToString();
}
return(ret);
}