% -*- texinfo -*-
% @deftypefn {Loadable Function} {@var{ncvar} = } nclong(@var{dimname_1},...,@var{dimname_N})
% creates a netcdf variable of type nclong. @var{dimname_1} is the name
% of the 1st netcdf dimension, and so on. The return value is a netcdf
% variable object and must be affected to a netcdf file, before its content
% can be defined.
%
% Example:
% @example
% nc = netcdf('test.nc','w');
% nc('lon') = 360;
% nc('lat') = 180;
% nc@{'var'@} = nclong('lon','lat');
% @end example
% A new 360 by 180 netcdf variable named 'var' of type long is
% created in file 'test.nc'.
% @end deftypefn
% @seealso{netcdf}