Ngl.get_workspace_id

Returns a reference to the current Workspace object.

Prototype

wid = Ngl.get_workspace_id()

Return value

An integer workspace identifier.

Description

The Workspace object manages blocks of memory used by the PyNGL objects. This function returns a reference to the workspace object so the workspace array sizes may be configured by the user.

This function is especially is useful if you get an error message from PyNGL that looks like this:

fatal:ContourPlotPreDraw: Workspace reallocation would exceed maximum size 16777216
fatal:ContourPlotDraw: draw error
warning:WorkstationDeactivate: workstation not active or not opened

See Also

Ngl.set_values

Examples

The following code snippet shows how to use the Ngl.get_workspace_id function to increase the maximum workspace memory:

  wks = Ngl.open_wks("x11","example")

  ws_id  = Ngl.get_workspace_id()
  srlist = Ngl.Resources()
  srlist.wsMaximumSize = 33554432
  Ngl.set_values(ws_id,srlist)