DSSETC(3NCARG)

✨ DSSETC β€” bestie edition ✨

okay so this is DSSETC, a lil subroutine from NCAR GRAPHICS πŸ’– it lives in the 3NCARG section of the manual, and it's giving "set a character parameter and go" energy. no cap.


πŸ’« NAME πŸ’«

DSSETC β€” sets the value of an internal parameter of type CHARACTER. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly πŸŽ€


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

CALL DSSETC (PNAM, CVAL);

two args, one call, zero drama. slay.


πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

  • PNAM β€” a character string that names the parameter you wanna set. heads up bestie: the name has to show up as the first three characters of the string. that's the vibe check right there πŸ‘‘
  • CVAL β€” a character string, and it's the value you're handing over to the internal parameter that pnam points at. like passing a note in class but it's a parameter assignment πŸ’Œ

🌈 USAGE 🌈

this function lets you set the current value of Dsgrid parameters. that's the whole flex.

want the full roster of parameters this utility has? go read the dsgrid_params man page, bestie β€” she's got the whole list, iykyk πŸ“œ


🫢 ACCESS 🫢

to use DSSETC, you gotta load the NCAR Graphics library ngmath. no library, no party. periodt πŸ’…


⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

go be nosy, here's the whole friend group:

  • dsgrid
  • dsgrid_params
  • dsgrid2s
  • dsgrid3s
  • dsgrid2d
  • dsgrid3d
  • dspnt2s
  • dspnt2d
  • dspnt3s
  • dspnt3d dsgetc

also! full documentation for Dsgrid is chilling at this URL, go click it:

http://ngwww.ucar.edu/ngdoc/ng/ngmath/dsgrid/dshome.html

Copyright (C) 2000
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

and, quoting the original vibe: The use of this Software is governed by a License Agreement. read it, bestie, fr fr πŸ™ˆ


lowkey reminder: the name you pass as PNAM only counts by its first three characters, so don't come in here with a whole essay of a string and expect extra credit 😭

and that's the whole page!! this one came from the UNIX manual, dated September 1997-1998, and it's the DSSETC(3NCARG) entry πŸ¦‹ stay hydrated, read your man pages, and go set some character parameters πŸ’–βœ¨