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();
  }
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