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H5D_WRITE

The H5D_WRITE procedure writes data to a dataset.

Syntax

H5D_WRITE, Dataset_id, Data [, MEMORY_SPACE_ID=value] [, FILE_SPACE_ID=value]

Arguments

Dataset_id

An integer giving the dataspace identifier to which to write the data.

Data

The data containing the selection to be written. The table shows how IDL data types are converted to HDF5 datatypes. Pointers and object references cannot be written to HDF5 datasets. Data passed in via IDL will automatically be converted into the output data type if possible.

Keywords

MEMORY_SPACE_ID

An integer giving the identifier of the dataspace of the dataset. The default is to use the entire dataset.

FILE_SPACE_ID

An integer giving the identifier of dataset’s dataspace in the file. The default is to use the entire dataset.

Example

See the example under H5F_CREATE.

Version History

6.2

Introduced

See Also

H5D_CREATE, H5S_CREATE_SIMPLE