;+ ;NAME: ; cdf2idltype ;PURPOSE: ; Return an IDL type number given a CDF data type ;CALLING SEQUENCE: ; idl_type = cdf2idltype(code) ;INPUT: ; code = the CDF data type code for that variable ;OUTPUT: ; idl_type = the type number for the appropriate IDL variable ; CDF_TYPE IDL_TYPE ;'CDF_UINT1' 1 (byte) ;'CDF_UCHAR' 1 (byte) ;'CDF_BYTE' 2 (int) ;'CDF_INT1' 2 (int) ;'CDF_INT2' 2 (int) ;'CDF_INT4' 3 (long) ;'CDF_FLOAT' 4 (float) ;'CDF_REAL4' 4 (float) ;'CDF_DOUBLE' 5 (double) ;'CDF_REAL8' 5 (double) ;'CDF_CHAR' 7 (string) ;'CDF_UINT2' 12 (unsigned int) ;'CDF_UINT4' 13 (unsigned long) ;'CDF_INT8' 14 (long64) ;'CDF_UINT8' 15 (unsigned long64) ; There are some CDF types that have no corresponding IDL type, ; e.g., CDF_BYTE and CDF_INT1 are signed bytes, here we return a type ; code of 2 (signed integer), The EPOCH and TT2000 are not handled ; here, and will return a code of 0 ;HISTORY: ; 26-nov-2013, jmm, jimm@ssl.berkeley.edu ; 30-apr-2019, jmm, Added comment to test SVN updates ; $LastChangedBy: jimm $ ; $LastChangedDate: 2019-04-30 15:30:35 -0700 (Tue, 30 Apr 2019) $ ; $LastChangedRevision: 27152 $ ; $URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/tags/spedas_5_0/general/CDF/cdf2idltype.pro $ ;- Function cdf2idltype, code otp = 0 Case strupcase(strcompress(code,/remove_all)) Of 'CDF_UINT1': otp = 1 'CDF_UCHAR': otp = 1 'CDF_BYTE': otp = 2 'CDF_INT1': otp = 2 'CDF_INT2': otp = 2 'CDF_INT4': otp = 3 'CDF_FLOAT': otp = 4 'CDF_REAL4': otp = 4 'CDF_DOUBLE': otp = 5 'CDF_REAL8': otp = 5 'CDF_CHAR': otp = 7 'CDF_UINT2': otp = 12 'CDF_UINT4': otp = 13 'CDF_INT8': otp = 14 'CDF_UINT8': otp = 15 ELSE: otp = 0 Endcase Return, otp End