cf.DimensionCoordinate.getprop

DimensionCoordinate.getprop(prop, *default)

Get a CF property.

When a default argument is given, it is returned when the attribute doesn’t exist; without it, an exception is raised in that case.

See also

delprop, hasprop, setprop

Parameters:

prop : str

The name of the CF property.

default : optional

Return default if and only if the variable does not have the named property.

Returns:

out :

The value of the named property, or the default value.

Raises:

AttributeError :

If the variable does not have the named property and a default value has not been set.

Examples:

>>> f.getprop('standard_name')
>>> f.getprop('standard_name', None)
>>> f.getprop('foo')
AttributeError: Field doesn't have CF property 'foo'
>>> f.getprop('foo', 'bar')
'bar'