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Allowing Long Field Names in Short Fields

An input field is defined on a panel by inserting an appropriate attribute character followed by the name of the NCL variable that contains the input data. Unfortunately this means that input fields cannot be any shorter than the variable name that contains the input data.

The #ALIAS control statement lets you define an alias name for a variable. The alias can be used where the variable would have been used. A range or list of variables can be defined and referred to by the same alias name in the panel definition.