The H5T_REFERENCE_CREATE function creates a reference datatype object.

Example

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See the example under H5F_CREATE.

Syntax

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Result = H5T_REFERENCE_CREATE([/REGION])

Return Value

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The Result is either an integer (if an object reference is created) or a structure (if a dataspace region reference is created) giving the identifier of the new datatype. The datatype identifier returned from this function should be released with H5T_CLOSE.

Arguments

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None

Keywords

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REGION

If set a dataspace region reference will be created. The default is to create an object reference.

Version History

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6.2	Introduced

See Also

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H5T_ARRAY_CREATE, H5T_IDL_CREATE, H5T_CLOSE