Setup
To use it, you need three things:
- A Python 3 interpreter
- Metview 5 needs to be in your PATH
- Metview's Python module needs to be in your PYTHONPATH
So, to try it right now, do the following from a terminal:
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module load python3/new
module swap metview/new
export PYTHONPATH=/tmp/cgi/install/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/:$PYTHONPATH |
Test it
Here's a quick Python program to check that it's working. Copy this into a file called test-metview.py
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import metview as mv
# call Metview's built-in function to return a lower case string
print(mv.lowercase('Hello World!')) # should output "hello world!" |
and run it like this:
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python3 test-metview.py |
If this works, then you have successfully set up Metview's Python interface!