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H5A_DELETE

The H5A_DELETE procedure removes the attribute specified by its name from a dataset, group, or named datatype.

Note: This function requires that all attributes be closed on the specified object and will close any attributes currently open.

Syntax

H5A_DELETE, Loc_id, Name

Arguments

Loc_id

An integer giving the identifier of the group, dataset, or named datatype from which the attribute will be deleted.

Name

A string giving the name of the attribute to delete.

Keywords

None

Example

See the example under H5F_CREATE.

Version History

6.2

Introduced

See Also

H5A_CREATE