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H5T_VLEN_CREATE

The H5T_VLEN_CREATE function creates a variable length array datatype object.

Syntax

Result = H5T_VLEN_CREATE(Datatype_id)

Return Value

Returns a long integer containing the identifier of the new variable length array datatype.

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

Arguments

Datatype_id

A long integer containing the datatype identifier to use when creating the variable length array datatype. All elements of the array will be of this datatype.

Keywords

None

Version History

6.3	Introduced