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matlab.io.hdfeos.sw.setFillValue

Namespace: matlab.io.hdfeos.sw

Set fill value for the specified field

Syntax

setFillValue(swathID,fieldname,fillvalue)

Description

setFillValue(swathID,fieldname,fillvalue) sets the fill value for the specified field. The field must have more than two dimensions.

This function corresponds to the SWsetfillvalue function in the HDF-EOS library C API.

Examples

import matlab.io.hdfeos.*
swfid = sw.open('myfile.hdf','create');
swathID = sw.create(swfid,'MySwath');
sw.defDim(swathID,'Track',400);
sw.defDim(swathID,'Xtrack',200);
dims = {'Track','Xtrack'};
sw.defDataField(swathID,'Temperature',dims,'float');
sw.setFillValue(swathID,'Temperature',single(-999));
sw.detach(swathID);
sw.close(swfid);