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https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/5706#issuecomment-1012132794 https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/5706 1012132794 IC_kwDOAMm_X848U-u6 8291800 2022-01-13T13:23:45Z 2022-01-13T13:23:45Z CONTRIBUTOR

ah sorry, didn't see the request for ncdump.

``` $ ncdump test_str_list.h5 netcdf test_str_list { dimensions: phony_dim_0 = 2 ; phony_dim_1 = 2 ; variables: string pairs(phony_dim_0, phony_dim_1) ; data:

pairs = "2020010120200201 ", NIL, "2020010120200301 ", NIL ; } `` Interesting that mypairsseems different than yours without the obvious trailing garbage. Also, when I run your first code snippet, I have different areas that are garbled, with bothNULLPADandnumpy_S` displaying garbage

``` netcdf test_str_list_attr {

// global attributes: string :NULLPAD = "20200101�<T��\007", "20200201", "20200101�=T��\007", "20200301" ; string :NULLTERM = "20200101", "20200201", "20200101", "20200301" ; string :numpy_S = "20200101", "20200201\1775T��\007", "20200101", "20200301�3T��\007" ; string :numpy_O = "20200101", "20200201", "20200101", "20200301" ; } ```

 
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