The H5A_WRITE procedure writes data to an attribute.
Example
See the example under H5F_CREATE.
Syntax
H5A_WRITE, Attribute_id, Data
Arguments
Attribute_id
An integer giving the identifier of the attribute to which to write the data.
Data
The data to be written. The following table shows how IDL data types are converted to HDF5 datatypes. Pointers, complex numbers, and object references cannot be written to HDF5 attributes. Data passed in via IDL will automatically be converted into the output data type if possible.
|
IDL Data Type |
HDF5 Data Type |
|
Byte |
H5T_NATIVE_UINT8
|
|
Integer |
H5T_NATIVE_INT16
|
|
Unsigned integer
|
H5T_NATIVE_UINT16
|
|
Long integer |
H5T_NATIVE_INT32
|
|
Unsigned long integer
|
H5T_NATIVE_UINT32
|
|
64-bit Integer |
H5T_NATIVE_INT64
|
|
Unsigned 64-bit integer
|
H5T_NATIVE_UINT64
|
|
Floating point |
H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT
|
|
Double-precision floating
|
H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE
|
|
String
|
H5T_C_S1 |
|
Reference Structure
|
H5T_REFERENCE |
|
Structure |
(Member datatypes)
|
Note: The reference structure is returned from H5R_CREATE.
Keywords
None
Version History
See Also
H5A_CREATE, H5S_CREATE_SIMPLE, H5T_IDL_CREATE, H5T_REFERENCE_CREATE