| Parameters: |
- match : optional
Set conditions on the field’s CF property and attribute
values. match may be one, or a sequence of:
- None or an empty dictionary. Always matches the
field. This is the default.
A string which identifies string-valued metadata of the
field and a value to compare it against. The value may
take one of the following forms:
| match |
Interpretation |
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| Contains : |
Selects on the CF property specified
before the first : |
| Contains % |
Selects on the attribute specified
before the first % |
| Anything else |
Selects on identity as returned by the
identity method |
By default the part of the string to be compared with the
item is treated as a regular expression understood by the
re module and the field matches if its
appropriate value matches the regular expression using the
re.match method (i.e. if zero or more characters
at the beginning of field’s value match the regular
expression pattern). See the exact parameter for
details.
- Example:
To match a field with identity beginning with “lat”:
match='lat'.
- Example:
To match a field with long name beginning with “air”:
match='long_name:air'.
- Example:
To match a field with netCDF variable name of exactly
“tas”: match='ncvar%tas$'.
- Example:
To match a field with identity which ends with the
letter “z”: match='.*z$'.
- Example:
To match a field with long name which starts with the
string ”.*a”: match='long_name%\.\*a'.
A dictionary which identifies properties of the field with
corresponding tests on their values. The field matches if
all of the tests in the dictionary are passed.
In general, each dictionary key is a CF property name with
a corresponding value to be compared against the field’s
CF property value.
If the dictionary value is a string then by default it is
treated as a regular expression understood by the
re module and the field matches if its
appropriate value matches the regular expression using the
re.match method (i.e. if zero or more characters
at the beginning of field’s value match the regular
expression pattern). See the exact parameter for
details.
- Example:
To match a field with standard name of exactly
“air_temperature” and long name beginning with the
letter “a”: match={'standard_name':
cf.eq('air_temperature'), 'long_name': 'a'} (see
cf.eq).
Some key/value pairs have a special interpretation:
| Special key |
Value |
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| 'units' |
The value must be a string and by
default is evaluated for
equivalence, rather than equality,
with the field’s units property,
for example a value of 'Pa'
will match units of Pascals or
hectopascals, etc. See the exact
parameter. |
| 'calendar' |
The value must be a string and by
default is evaluated for
equivalence, rather than equality,
with the field’s calendar
property, for example a value of
'noleap' will match a calendar
of noleap or 365_day. See the
exact parameter. |
| 'cell_methods' |
The value must be a cf.CellMethods
object containing N cell methods
and by default is evaluated for
equivalence with the last N cell
methods contained within the field’s
cell_methods property. See the
exact parameter. |
| None |
The value is interpreted as for a
string value of the match
parameter. For example,
match={None: 'air'} is
equivalent to match='air' and
match={None: 'ncvar%pressure'}
is equivalent to
match='ncvar%pressure'. |
- Example:
To match a field with standard name starting with
“air”, units of temperature and a netCDF variable name
beginning with “tas” you could set
match={'standard_name': 'air', 'units': 'K', None:
'ncvar%tas'}.
- Example:
To match a field whose last two cell methods are
equivalent to “time: minimum area: mean”:
match={'cell_methods': cf.Cellmethods('time: minimum
area: mean'). This would match a field which has,
for example, cell methods of “height: mean time:
minimum area: mean”.
If match is a sequence of any combination of the above then
the field matches if it matches at least one element of
the sequence:
Example:
>>> f.match('air_temperature')
True
>>> f.match('air_pressure')
False
>>> f.match({'units': 'hPa', 'long_name': 'foo'})
False
>>> f.match(['air_temperature',
... 'air_pressure',
... {'units': 'hPa', 'long_name': 'foo'}])
True
If the sequence is empty then the field always matches.
- items : dict, optional
A dictionary which identifies domain items of the field
(dimension coordinate, auxiliary coordinate, cell measure or
coordinate reference objects) with corresponding tests on
their elements. The field matches if all of the specified
items exist and their tests are passed.
Each dictionary key specifies an item to test as the one that
would be returned by this call of the field’s item method:
f.item(key, exact=exact) (see cf.Field.item).
The corresponding value is, in general, any object for which
the item may be compared with for equality (==). The test
is passed if the result evaluates to True, or if the result is
an array of values then the test is passed if at least one
element evaluates to true.
If the value is None then the test is always passed,
i.e. this case tests for item existence.
- Example:
To match a field which has a latitude coordinate value of
exactly 30: items={'latitude': 30}.
- Example:
To match a field whose longitude axis spans the Greenwich
meridien: items={'longitude': cf.contain(0)} (see
cf.contain).
- Example:
To match a field which has a time coordinate value of
2004-06-01: items={'time': cf.dt('2004-06-01')} (see
cf.dt).
- Example:
To match a field which has a height axis: items={'Z':
None}.
- Example:
To match a field which has a time axis and depth
coordinates greater then 1000 metres: items={'T': None,
'depth': cf.gt(1000, 'm')} (see cf.gt).
- Example:
To match a field with time coordinates after than 1989 and
cell sizes of between 28 and 31 days: items={'time':
cf.dtge(1990) & cf.cellsize(cf.wi(28, 31, 'days'))} (see
cf.dtge, cf.cellsize and cf.wi).
- rank : optional
Specify a condition on the number of axes in the field’s
domain. The field matches if its number of domain axes equals
rank. A range of values may be selected if rank is a
cf.Query object. Not to be confused with the ndim
parameter (the number of data array axes may be fewer than the
number of domain axes).
- Example:
rank=2 matches a field with exactly two domain axes
and rank=cf.wi(3, 4) matches a field with three or
four domain axes (see cf.wi).
- ndim : optional
Specify a condition on the number of axes in the field’s data
array. The field matches if its number of data array axes
equals ndim. A range of values may be selected if ndim is
a cf.Query object. Not to be confused with the rank
parameter (the number of domain axes may be greater than the
number of data array axes).
- Example:
ndim=2 matches a field with exactly two data array
axes and ndim=cf.le(2) matches a field with fewer than
three data array axes (see cf.le).
- exact : bool, optional
The exact parameter applies to the interpretation of string
values of the match parameter and of keys of the items
parameter. By default exact is False, which means that:
- A string value is treated as a regular expression
understood by the re module.
- Units and calendar values in a match dictionary are
evaluated for equivalence rather then equality
(e.g. “metre” is equivalent to “m” and to “km”).
- A cell methods value containing N cell methods in a
match dictionary is evaluated for equivalence with the
last N cell methods contained within the field’s
cell_methods property.
- Example:
To match a field with a standard name which begins with
“air” and any units of pressure:
f.match({'standard_name': 'air', 'units': 'hPa'}).
- Example:
f.match({'cell_methods': cf.CellMethods('time: mean
(interval 1 hour)')}) would match a field with cell
methods of “area: mean time: mean (interval 60 minutes)”.
If exact is True then:
- A string value is not treated as a regular expression.
- Units and calendar values in a match dictionary are
evaluated for exact equality rather than equivalence
(e.g. “metre” is equal to “m”, but not to “km”).
- A cell methods value in a match dictionary is evaluated
for exact equality to the field’s cell methods.
- Example:
To match a field with a standard name of exactly
“air_pressure” and units of exactly hectopascals:
f.match({'standard_name': 'air_pressure', 'units':
'hPa'}, exact=True).
- Example:
To match a field with a cell methods of exactly “time:
mean (interval 1 hour)”: f.match({'cell_methods':
cf.CellMethods('time: mean (interval 1 hour)').
Note that cf.Query objects provide a mechanism for
overriding the exact parameter for individual values.
- Example:
f.match({'standard_name': cf.eq('air', exact=False),
'units': 'hPa'}, exact=True) will match a field with a
standard name which begins “air” but has units of exactly
hectopascals (see cf.eq).
- Example:
f.match({'standard_name': cf.eq('air_pressure'),
'units': 'hPa'}) will match a field with a standard name
of exactly “air_pressure” but with units which equivalent
to hectopascals (see cf.eq).
- match_and : bool, optional
By default match_and is True and the field matches if it
satisfies the conditions specified by each test parameter
(match, items, rank and ndim).
If match_and is False then the field will match if it
satisfies at least one test parameter’s condition.
- Example:
To match a field with a standard name of “air_temperature”
and 3 data array axes: f.match('air_temperature',
ndim=3). To match a field with a standard name of
“air_temperature” or 3 data array axes:
f.match('air_temperature", ndim=3, match_and=False).
- inverse : bool, optional
If True then return the field matches if it does not
satisfy the given conditions.
Example:
>>> f.match('air', ndim=4, inverse=True) == not f.match('air', ndim=4)
True
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