FreeForm ND Data Access System -- 6.2 Data Type Conversions

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6.2 Data Type Conversions

The OPeNDAP FreeForm ND Data Handler performs data conversions, based on the data it receives from the FreeForm ND engine. Note that OPeNDAP does not recommend the use of int64 and uint64 in the format definition file.

DAP2 Data Type Conversions

FreeForm ND	DAP2
`text`	`String`
`int8`, `uint8`	`Byte`
`int16`	`Int16`
`int32`, `int64`	`Int32`
`uint16`	`UInt16`
`uint32`, `uint64`	`UInt32`
`float32`	`Float32`
`float64`, `enote`	`Float64`

Basic Data Type Conversions

6.2.1 Conversion Examples

Arrays
Collections of Variables
Multiple Arrays

Tom Sgouros and James Gallagher, 2006-02-12