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# scipy.io.netcdf.netcdf_variable.getValue

`netcdf_variable.``getValue`()

  Retrieve a scalar value from a `netcdf_variable` of length one.

  Raises : | ValueError : If the netcdf variable is an array of length greater than one, this exception will be raised.

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