arctichoke.dataset.get_variable
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.. py:module:: arctichoke.dataset.get_variable


Functions
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.. autoapisummary::

   arctichoke.dataset.get_variable.get_variable_name


Module Contents
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.. py:function:: get_variable_name(dataset: (str, xarray.DataArray, xarray.Dataset))

   Get the variable name of the dataset.

   Opens the given dataset, checks the data variable attributes, and returns the variable name.

   :param dataset: The dataset for which to determine the variable name.
   :type dataset: `str`, `xarray.DataArray`, `xarray.Dataset`

   :returns: **var_name** -- The name of the variable
   :rtype: `str`

   .. rubric:: Examples

   >>> from arctichoke.dataset.grid_type import get_variable_name