ex_get_qa.c File Reference

#include "exodusII.h"
#include "exodusII_int.h"
#include "netcdf.h"
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdio.h>

Functions
int	ex_get_qa (int exoid, char *qa_record[][4])

Function Documentation

ex_get_qa()

int ex_get_qa	(	int	exoid,
		char *	qa_record[][4]
	)

The function ex_get_qa() reads the QA records from the database. Each QA record contains four MAX_STR_LENGTH-byte character strings. The character strings are:

• the analysis code name
• the analysis code QA descriptor
• the analysis date
• the analysis time

Memory must be allocated for the QA records before this call is made. The number of QA records can be determined by invoking ex_inquire().

Returns

In case of an error, ex_get_qa() returns a negative number; a warning will return a positive number. Possible causes of errors include:

• data file not properly opened with call to ex_create() or ex_open()
• a warning value is returned if no QA records were stored.

Parameters

[in]	exoid	exodus file ID returned from a previous call to ex_create() or ex_open().
[out]	qa_record	Returned array containing the QA records.

The following will determine the number of QA records and read them from the open exodus file:

int num_qa_rec, error, exoid
char *qa_record[MAX_QA_REC][4];

/* read QA records */
num_qa_rec = ex_inquire_int(exoid, EX_INQ_QA);

for (i=0; i<num_qa_rec; i++) {
    for (j=0; j<4; j++)
    qa_record[i][j] = (char *) calloc ((MAX_STR_LENGTH+1), sizeof(char));
}
error = ex_get_qa (exoid, qa_record);