{
  "__type": "IngestedDoc",
  "__tag": 4010,
  "_content": {
    "Notes": {
      "__type": "Section",
      "__tag": 4015,
      "children": [
        {
          "__type": "Paragraph",
          "__tag": 4045,
          "children": [
            {
              "__type": "Text",
              "__tag": 4046,
              "value": "Any dimensions to be used by the variable should already exist in the NetCDF data structure or should be created by "
            },
            {
              "__type": "CrossRef",
              "__tag": 4002,
              "value": "createDimension",
              "reference": {
                "__type": "LocalRef",
                "__tag": 4022,
                "kind": "module",
                "path": "scipy.io._netcdf:netcdf_file.createDimension"
              },
              "kind": "module"
            },
            {
              "__type": "Text",
              "__tag": 4046,
              "value": " prior to creating the NetCDF variable."
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "title": [],
      "level": 0,
      "target": null
    },
    "Warns": {
      "__type": "Section",
      "__tag": 4015,
      "children": [],
      "title": [],
      "level": 0,
      "target": null
    },
    "Raises": {
      "__type": "Section",
      "__tag": 4015,
      "children": [],
      "title": [],
      "level": 0,
      "target": null
    },
    "Yields": {
      "__type": "Section",
      "__tag": 4015,
      "children": [],
      "title": [],
      "level": 0,
      "target": null
    },
    "Methods": {
      "__type": "Section",
      "__tag": 4015,
      "children": [],
      "title": [],
      "level": 0,
      "target": null
    },
    "Returns": {
      "__type": "Section",
      "__tag": 4015,
      "children": [
        {
          "__type": "Parameters",
          "__tag": 4026,
          "children": [
            {
              "__type": "DocParam",
              "__tag": 4016,
              "name": "variable",
              "annotation": "netcdf_variable",
              "desc": [
                {
                  "__type": "Paragraph",
                  "__tag": 4045,
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "__type": "Text",
                      "__tag": 4046,
                      "value": "The newly created "
                    },
                    {
                      "__type": "InlineCode",
                      "__tag": 4051,
                      "value": "netcdf_variable"
                    },
                    {
                      "__type": "Text",
                      "__tag": 4046,
                      "value": " object. This object has also been added to the "
                    },
                    {
                      "__type": "CrossRef",
                      "__tag": 4002,
                      "value": "netcdf_file",
                      "reference": {
                        "__type": "LocalRef",
                        "__tag": 4022,
                        "kind": "module",
                        "path": "scipy.io._netcdf:netcdf_file"
                      },
                      "kind": "module"
                    },
                    {
                      "__type": "Text",
                      "__tag": 4046,
                      "value": " object as well."
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "title": [],
      "level": 0,
      "target": null
    },
    "Summary": {
      "__type": "Section",
      "__tag": 4015,
      "children": [
        {
          "__type": "Paragraph",
          "__tag": 4045,
          "children": [
            {
              "__type": "Text",
              "__tag": 4046,
              "value": "Create an empty variable for the "
            },
            {
              "__type": "CrossRef",
              "__tag": 4002,
              "value": "netcdf_file",
              "reference": {
                "__type": "LocalRef",
                "__tag": 4022,
                "kind": "module",
                "path": "scipy.io._netcdf:netcdf_file"
              },
              "kind": "module"
            },
            {
              "__type": "Text",
              "__tag": 4046,
              "value": " object, specifying its data type and the dimensions it uses."
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "title": [],
      "level": 0,
      "target": null
    },
    "Receives": {
      "__type": "Section",
      "__tag": 4015,
      "children": [],
      "title": [],
      "level": 0,
      "target": null
    },
    "Warnings": {
      "__type": "Section",
      "__tag": 4015,
      "children": [],
      "title": [],
      "level": 0,
      "target": null
    },
    "Attributes": {
      "__type": "Section",
      "__tag": 4015,
      "children": [],
      "title": [],
      "level": 0,
      "target": null
    },
    "Parameters": {
      "__type": "Section",
      "__tag": 4015,
      "children": [
        {
          "__type": "Parameters",
          "__tag": 4026,
          "children": [
            {
              "__type": "DocParam",
              "__tag": 4016,
              "name": "name",
              "annotation": "str",
              "desc": [
                {
                  "__type": "Paragraph",
                  "__tag": 4045,
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "__type": "Text",
                      "__tag": 4046,
                      "value": "Name of the new variable."
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "__type": "DocParam",
              "__tag": 4016,
              "name": "type",
              "annotation": "dtype or str",
              "desc": [
                {
                  "__type": "Paragraph",
                  "__tag": 4045,
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "__type": "Text",
                      "__tag": 4046,
                      "value": "Data type of the variable."
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "__type": "DocParam",
              "__tag": 4016,
              "name": "dimensions",
              "annotation": "sequence of str",
              "desc": [
                {
                  "__type": "Paragraph",
                  "__tag": 4045,
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "__type": "Text",
                      "__tag": 4046,
                      "value": "List of the dimension names used by the variable, in the desired order."
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "title": [],
      "level": 0,
      "target": null
    },
    "Extended Summary": {
      "__type": "Section",
      "__tag": 4015,
      "children": [],
      "title": [],
      "level": 0,
      "target": null
    },
    "Other Parameters": {
      "__type": "Section",
      "__tag": 4015,
      "children": [],
      "title": [],
      "level": 0,
      "target": null
    }
  },
  "_ordered_sections": [
    "Summary",
    "Extended Summary",
    "Parameters",
    "Attributes",
    "Methods",
    "Returns",
    "Yields",
    "Receives",
    "Other Parameters",
    "Raises",
    "Warns",
    "Warnings",
    "Notes"
  ],
  "item_file": "/scipy/io/_netcdf.py",
  "item_line": 355,
  "item_type": "function",
  "aliases": [
    "scipy.io.netcdf_file.createVariable"
  ],
  "example_section_data": {
    "__type": "Section",
    "__tag": 4015,
    "children": [],
    "title": [],
    "level": 0,
    "target": null
  },
  "see_also": [
    {
      "__type": "SeeAlsoItem",
      "__tag": 4028,
      "name": {
        "__type": "CrossRef",
        "__tag": 4002,
        "value": "createDimension",
        "reference": {
          "__type": "LocalRef",
          "__tag": 4022,
          "kind": "module",
          "path": "scipy.io._netcdf:netcdf_file.createDimension"
        },
        "kind": "module"
      },
      "descriptions": [],
      "type": null
    }
  ],
  "signature": {
    "__type": "SignatureNode",
    "__tag": 4029,
    "kind": "function",
    "parameters": [
      {
        "__type": "SigParam",
        "__tag": 4030,
        "name": "self",
        "annotation": {
          "__type": "Empty",
          "__tag": 4031
        },
        "kind": "POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD",
        "default": {
          "__type": "Empty",
          "__tag": 4031
        }
      },
      {
        "__type": "SigParam",
        "__tag": 4030,
        "name": "name",
        "annotation": {
          "__type": "Empty",
          "__tag": 4031
        },
        "kind": "POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD",
        "default": {
          "__type": "Empty",
          "__tag": 4031
        }
      },
      {
        "__type": "SigParam",
        "__tag": 4030,
        "name": "type",
        "annotation": {
          "__type": "Empty",
          "__tag": 4031
        },
        "kind": "POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD",
        "default": {
          "__type": "Empty",
          "__tag": 4031
        }
      },
      {
        "__type": "SigParam",
        "__tag": 4030,
        "name": "dimensions",
        "annotation": {
          "__type": "Empty",
          "__tag": 4031
        },
        "kind": "POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD",
        "default": {
          "__type": "Empty",
          "__tag": 4031
        }
      }
    ],
    "return_annotation": {
      "__type": "Empty",
      "__tag": 4031
    },
    "target_name": "createVariable"
  },
  "references": null,
  "qa": "scipy.io._netcdf:netcdf_file.createVariable",
  "arbitrary": [],
  "local_refs": [
    "dimensions",
    "name",
    "type",
    "variable"
  ]
}