DSGETRD(3NCARG)

📦 version 6.6.2, in epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 DSGETRD 💖 (that's the DSGETRD(3NCARG) page, bestie)

okay so real talk, this is a page from the NCAR GRAPHICS manual and it's all about pulling values out of Dsgrid. sit with me, it's short, it's sweet, it slays. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

DSGETRD — retrieves the value of an internal parameter of type DOUBLE PRECISION.

like. it gets the double-precision value. that's the whole gig. no cap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

CALL DSGETR (PNAM,RVAL)

that's it. that's the call. iconic behavior honestly. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's what those two arguments are doing:

  • PNAM — a character string that specifies the name of the parameter to get. the name must appear as the first three characters of the string. so like, first three chars, that's the whole name, don't be out here adding extra letters and expecting magic. 💀
  • RVAL — a DOUBLE PRECISION variable that is the name of the variable into which the value of the internal parameter specified by PNAM is to be retrieved. so it's the little bucket where the answer lands. 🪣✨

🌈 USAGE 🌈

this routine lets you retrieve the current value of Dsgrid parameters. it's giving "look before you leap" energy fr fr.

for a complete list of parameters available in this utility, see the dsgrid_params man page. go read it, bestie, I'm not gatekeeping. 📖

👑 ACCESS 👑

to use DSGETRD, load the NCAR Graphics library ngmath. that's the one. that's the vibe check. 🧚

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole squad, in order:

  • dsgrid
  • dsgrid_params
  • dsgrid2s
  • dsgrid3s
  • dsgrid2d
  • dsgrid3d
  • dspnt2s
  • dspnt2d
  • dspnt3s
  • dspnt3d dssetrd.

and also, complete documentation for Dsgrid is available at URL http://ngwww.ucar.edu/ngdoc/ng/ngmath/dsgrid/dshome.html — go click it, I believe in you. 🌟

Copyright (C) 2000 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

The use of this Software is governed by a License Agreement.

so yeah. that's the page. this came from the UNIX manual, dated September 1997-1998, and it lives under the name DSGETRD(3NCARG). mwah. 🫶💖 periodt.

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