NhlName

The Fortran name of this function is NhlFName.

This function returns the "name" of an object.

C synopsis

#include <ncarg/hlu/hlu.h>

const char *NhlName(
		int	id
		)

Fortran synopsis

      subroutine NhlFName(id, name_ret, ierr)
      integer id, ierr
      character*(*) name_ret

Arguments

id (input)
Specifies the object identifier.
name_ret (output, Fortran only)
The name of the object specified by the id argument.
ierr (output, Fortran only)
Error code.

Types

Type name:		NhlTErrorTypes
Definition:
typedef enum _NhlErrType{
	NhlFATAL	= -4,	/* "FATAL"	*/
	NhlWARNING	= -3,	/* "WARNING"	*/
	NhlINFO		= -2,	/* "INFO"	*/
	NhlNOERROR	= -1	/* "NOERROR"	*/
} NhlErrorTypes;

Description

This function returns the name of the object specified by the id argument. This is the name specified during the NhlCreate call that created the object.

Return values

The NhlName C function returns a valid const char* or NULL on error.

The NhlFName Fortran subroutine returns the error in ierr:

Value	|			Meaning
--------+-------------------------------------------------
NOERROR	|	Object name successfully copied to name_ret
--------+-------------------------------------------------
INFO	|	not possible
--------+-------------------------------------------------
WARNING	|	name_ret wasn't big enough
--------+-------------------------------------------------
FATAL	|	An invalid object id passed in.

See also

Copyright

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