From 61b846b876d3468fcdb7d8e892c22f0be6842c2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shahram Najm <masn@ecmwf.int>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 18:29:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ECC-1283: Add test

---
 tests/bufr_compare.sh | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/bufr_compare.sh b/tests/bufr_compare.sh
index 209ba775a..7b5d7b951 100755
--- a/tests/bufr_compare.sh
+++ b/tests/bufr_compare.sh
@@ -199,6 +199,39 @@ EOF
 # The relative differences are around 3.5e-5. Suppress all instances
 ${tools_dir}/bufr_compare -R airTemperature=4e-5 $f $fBufrTmp
 
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
+# ECC-1283: string arrays
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
+sample=$ECCODES_SAMPLES_PATH/BUFR4.tmpl
+fBufrTmp1=temp1.${label}".bufr"
+fBufrTmp2=temp2.${label}".bufr"
+
+${tools_dir}/codes_bufr_filter -o $fBufrTmp1 - $sample <<EOF
+ set numberOfSubsets = 3;
+ set compressedData = 1;
+ set unexpandedDescriptors = { 1015 };
+ set stationOrSiteName = { "Black", "Rose", "Immortal" };
+ set pack=1;
+ write;
+EOF
+${tools_dir}/codes_bufr_filter -o $fBufrTmp2 - $sample <<EOF
+ set numberOfSubsets = 3;
+ set compressedData = 1;
+ set unexpandedDescriptors = { 1015 };
+ set stationOrSiteName = { "Black", "Rose", "Mortal" };
+ set pack=1;
+ write;
+EOF
+set +e
+${tools_dir}/bufr_compare $fBufrTmp1 $fBufrTmp2 >$fLog
+status=$?
+set -e
+[ $status -eq 1 ]
+grep -q "string \[stationOrSiteName\] 1 out of 3 different" $fLog
+
+${tools_dir}/bufr_compare -b stationOrSiteName $fBufrTmp1 $fBufrTmp2
+rm -f $fBufrTmp1 $fBufrTmp2
+
 
 # Clean up
 # -------------