Problem reading netCDF-4 files with NC_STRING type

I'm running R2019a, and getting an error when trying to read a variable in netCDF file with an xtype of 12. I can read all other variables just fine, but when attempting to read this one variable, I get this message:

"Error using netcdf.getVar (line 137)

12 is not a recognized netCDF datatype."

NC_STRING should be a recognized netCDF external data type. It was introduced back in 2007, with netCDF-4 : https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/workshops/2007/nc4features/Strings.html

Steps:

[varname,xtype,dimids,natts] = netcdf.inqVar(ncid,4);
>> xtype

xtype =

    12
tem=netcdf.getVar(ncid,4);
"Error using netcdf.getVar (line 137)
12 is not a recognized netCDF datatype."

Answer 1

[Van Thuan]

For my case, just updating to Matlab2024b solved this issue.