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H5R_DEREFERENCE

The H5R_DEREFERENCE function opens a reference and returns the object identifier.

Syntax

Result = H5R_DEREFERENCE(Loc_id, Reference)

Return Value

The Result is the identifier number. This identifier should be released using the appropriate close procedure.

Arguments

Loc_id

An integer giving the identifier in which the reference dataset is located.

Reference

An integer or H5 reference structure giving the reference number to open.

Keywords

None

Version History

5.6

Introduced

See Also

H5R_GET_OBJECT_TYPE