ui/src/main/java/ucar/nc2/ui/gis/shapefile/DbaseFile.java
public String[] getStringsByName(String Name) {
    DbaseData d;
    if ((d = getField(Name)) == null) return null;
    if (d.getType() != DbaseData.TYPE_CHAR) return null;
    return d.getStrings();
  }
public String[] getStringsByName(String Name) {
    DbaseData d;
    if ((d = getField(Name)) == null) return null;
    if (d.getType() != DbaseData.TYPE_CHAR) return null;
    return d.getStrings();
  }
public String [ ] getStringsByName ( String Name ) { DbaseData d ; if ( ( d = getField ( Name ) ) == null ) return null ; if ( d . getType ( ) != DbaseData . TYPE_CHAR ) return null ; return d . getStrings ( ) ; }
Extract the string array of data for a field by Name.

@param Name String with the name of the field to retrieve
@return A String[] if valid character field, otherwise null
Extract the string array of data for a field by Name .