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# NCDF_GROUPPARENT

The NCDF_GROUPPARENT function returns the ID of a group’s parent group.

## Examples

See the example for NCDF_GROUPNAME.

## Syntax

Result = NCDF_GROUPPARENT( Grpid)

## Return Value

Returns the ID of a group’s parent group. If the specified group is the root group, or the associated file is not a NetCDF 4 file, the scalar value -1 is returned.

## Arguments

### Grpid

The ID of the group to query, returned from a previous call to NCDF_OPEN, NCDF_CREATE, or NCDF_GROUPDEF.

## Keywords

None

## Version History

8.0 | Introduced

## See Also

NCDF_FULLGROUPNAME, NCDF_GROUPNAME, NCDF_GROUPSINQ