NCVARIABLES get NetCDF dataset names

get dataset names in a file under group default is datasets under "/", optionally under "/group"

Contents

Inputs
Outputs

Inputs

file: filename
group: group name (optional)

Outputs

names: variable names

function names = ncvariables(file, group)
arguments
  file (1,1) string {mustBeFile}
  group (1,1) string = ""
end

if strlength(group) == 0
  finf = ncinfo(file);
else
  finf = ncinfo(file, group);
end

ds = finf.Variables(:);

if isempty(ds)
  names = string.empty;
else
  names = string({ds.Name});
end

end