h5write¶

Purpose¶

Write a GAUSS matrix or N-dimensional array to an HDF5 dataset.

Format¶

retcode = h5write(fname, dname, x)¶

Parameters:	fname (string) – name of the HDF5 file. dname (string) – name of the dataset in the HDF5 file. x (Matrix or N-dimensional array) – the data to write to the file.
Returns:	retcode (scalar) – 0 if successful, non-zero otherwise.

Examples¶

Basic HDF5 file/dataset creation and write¶

// Define file name
fname =  "testdata.h5";

// Define dataset in HDF5 file
dname = "/writetest";

// Define the size of the dataset, 3 rows and 2 columns
r = 3;
c = 2;
dims = r|c;

// Create a 3x2 dataset
call h5create(fname, dname, dims);

// Create a data matrix
x = { 1.1 2.2,
      3.3 4.4,
      5.5 6.6 };

// Write x to HDF5 dataset
call h5write(fname, dname, x);

// Read data from a dataset of a HDF5 file
y = h5read(fname, dname);

After the code above:

y =  1.1  2.2
     3.3  4.4
     5.5  6.6

Write over first two rows of dataset¶

x_new = { 1000 2000,
          3000 4000 };

// Write x_new over first 2 rows of  HDF5 dataset
call h5write(fname, dname, x_new);

// Read data again
y_new = h5read(fname, dname);

After the above code:

y_new =  1000    2000
         3000    4000
          5.5     6.6

Remarks¶

To write rows of data to an HDF5 dataset in an iterative manner, see writer().