private Array convertToChar(Variable newVar, Array oldData) {
ArrayChar newData = (ArrayChar) Array.factory(DataType.CHAR, newVar.getShape());
Index ima = newData.getIndex();
IndexIterator ii = oldData.getIndexIterator();
while (ii.hasNext()) {
String s = (String) ii.getObjectNext();
int[] c = ii.getCurrentCounter();
for (int i = 0; i < c.length; i++) ima.setDim(i, c[i]);
newData.setString(ima, s);
}
return newData;
}
