removefield for Symbol name

Author: boriskaus

src/utils.jl

@@ -100,14 +100,14 @@ function dropnames(namedtuple::NamedTuple, names::Tuple{Vararg{Symbol}})
 end
 
 """
-    V = removefield(V::AbstractGeneralGrid,field_name::String)
+    V = removefield(V::AbstractGeneralGrid,field_name::Symbol)
 
 Removes the field with name `field_name` from the GeoData or CartData dataset
 
 """
-function removefield(V::AbstractGeneralGrid,field_name::String)
+function removefield(V::AbstractGeneralGrid,field_name::Symbol)
     fields_new  = V.fields;
-    fields_new  = dropnames(fields_new, (Symbol(field_name),))
+    fields_new  = dropnames(fields_new, (field_name,))
 
     if isa(V,GeoData)
         V = GeoData(V.lon.val,V.lat.val,V.depth.val,fields_new)
@@ -121,6 +121,16 @@ function removefield(V::AbstractGeneralGrid,field_name::String)
 end
 
 
+"""
+    V = removefield(V::AbstractGeneralGrid,field_name::String)
+
+Removes the field with name `field_name` from the GeoData or CartData dataset
+
+"""
+function removefield(V::AbstractGeneralGrid,field_name::String)
+    return removefield(V,Symbol(field_name))
+end
+
 
 """
 cross_section_volume(Volume::AbstractGeneralGrid; dims=(100,100), Interpolate=false, Depth_level=nothing; Lat_level=nothing; Lon_level=nothing; Start=nothing, End=nothing, Depth_extent=nothing )