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create.cpp

This example shows how to create datasets.

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/*
* This example writes a dataset to a new HDF5 file.
*/
#ifdef OLD_HEADER_FILENAME
#include <iostream.h>
#else
#include <iostream>
#endif
#include <string>
#include "H5Cpp.h"
using namespace H5;
const H5std_string FILE_NAME( "SDS.h5" );
const H5std_string DATASET_NAME( "IntArray" );
const int NX = 5; // dataset dimensions
const int NY = 6;
const int RANK = 2;
int main (void)
{
/*
* Data initialization.
*/
int i, j;
int data[NX][NY]; // buffer for data to write
for (j = 0; j < NX; j++)
{
for (i = 0; i < NY; i++)
data[j][i] = i + j;
}
/*
* 0 1 2 3 4 5
* 1 2 3 4 5 6
* 2 3 4 5 6 7
* 3 4 5 6 7 8
* 4 5 6 7 8 9
*/
// Try block to detect exceptions raised by any of the calls inside it
try
{
/*
* Turn off the auto-printing when failure occurs so that we can
* handle the errors appropriately
*/
/*
* Create a new file using H5F_ACC_TRUNC access,
* default file creation properties, and default file
* access properties.
*/
H5File file( FILE_NAME, H5F_ACC_TRUNC );
/*
* Define the size of the array and create the data space for fixed
* size dataset.
*/
hsize_t dimsf[2]; // dataset dimensions
dimsf[0] = NX;
dimsf[1] = NY;
DataSpace dataspace( RANK, dimsf );
/*
* Define datatype for the data in the file.
* We will store little endian INT numbers.
*/
datatype.setOrder( H5T_ORDER_LE );
/*
* Create a new dataset within the file using defined dataspace and
* datatype and default dataset creation properties.
*/
DataSet dataset = file.createDataSet( DATASET_NAME, datatype, dataspace );
/*
* Write the data to the dataset using default memory space, file
* space, and transfer properties.
*/
dataset.write( data, PredType::NATIVE_INT );
} // end of try block
// catch failure caused by the H5File operations
catch( FileIException error )
{
error.printError();
return -1;
}
// catch failure caused by the DataSet operations
catch( DataSetIException error )
{
error.printError();
return -1;
}
// catch failure caused by the DataSpace operations
catch( DataSpaceIException error )
{
error.printError();
return -1;
}
// catch failure caused by the DataSpace operations
catch( DataTypeIException error )
{
error.printError();
return -1;
}
return 0; // successfully terminated
}


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