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H5T_ENUM_CREATE

The H5T_ENUM_CREATE function creates an enumeration datatype object.

Note: Name/value pairs must be assigned to the datatype before it is used to create a dataset. The dataset stores the state of the datatype at the time the dataset is created; additional changes to the datatype will not be reflected in the dataset.

Syntax

Result = H5T_ENUM_CREATE()

Return Value

Returns a long integer containing the identifier of the new enumeration datatype.

Note: Datatype identifiers created by this function should be released with H5T_CLOSE.

Arguments

None

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