From 5a2dea2ab76a26baece7c742bfaf0e5b41c6ad25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Obersteiner <florian.obersteiner@kit.edu>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 12:59:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] minor possible simplification

---
 src/icartt/dataset.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/icartt/dataset.py b/src/icartt/dataset.py
index 43f834b..29d7d4c 100644
--- a/src/icartt/dataset.py
+++ b/src/icartt/dataset.py
@@ -534,8 +534,8 @@ class Dataset:
         # here that the independent variable should monotonically increase even when
         # crossing over to a second day.
 
-        def extractVardesc(dmp):
-            shortname = dmp[0]
+        def extractVardesc(dmp): # TODO: could be a 'utils' function or one line,
+            shortname = dmp[0]   # shortname, units, standardname, longname, *_ = dmp + [None] * 3
             units = dmp[1]
             standardname = dmp[2] if len(dmp) > 2 else None
             longname = dmp[3] if len(dmp) > 3 else None
-- 
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