eccodes/examples/F90/grib_set_missing.f90

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!
!  Description: how to set missing a key value.
!
!
!
program set
  use eccodes
  implicit none
  integer              :: infile,outfile
  integer              :: igrib, Ni, is_missing

  infile=5
  outfile=6

  call codes_open_file(infile, &
       '../../data/reduced_gaussian_pressure_level.grib2','r')

  call codes_open_file(outfile, &
       'f_out_surface_level.grib2','w')

  !     a new grib message is loaded from file
  !     igrib is the grib id to be used in subsequent calls
  call codes_grib_new_from_file(infile,igrib)

  call codes_set(igrib,'typeOfFirstFixedSurface','sfc')
  call codes_set_missing(igrib,'scaleFactorOfFirstFixedSurface')
  call codes_set_missing(igrib,'scaledValueOfFirstFixedSurface')
  
  ! See GRIB-490
  call codes_get(igrib, 'Ni', Ni)
  call codes_is_missing(igrib,'Ni',is_missing)
  if ( is_missing == 0 ) then
    ! Ni should be missing in gribs with Reduced Gaussian grids
    call codes_check(-2, 'Ni_should_be_missing', '')
  endif
  call codes_set(igrib, 'Ni', Ni)

  call codes_write(igrib,outfile)
  call codes_release(igrib)
  call codes_close_file(infile)
  call codes_close_file(outfile)

end program set