Examples in the Source Code

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The HDF5 source code provides many example programs:

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Feature	Example
	Examples from Learning the Basics
Creates / Reads / Writes Attributes	h5_attribute.c
Reads / Writes from a Chunked Dataset (reads file created by h5_extend_write.c)	h5_chunk_read.c
Creates a compound datatype, writes array of compound and reads back fields' subsets	h5_compound.c
Shows how to use virtual file drivers	h5_drivers.c
Demonstrates how the data transform features in HDF5 work	h5_dtransform.c
Windows to Unix traversal function for external links	h5_elink_unix2win.c
Create and appends to an extendible dataset	h5_extend_write.c
Create and uses external links in HDF5	h5_extlink.c
Creates a group with two datasets, creates hard link to group and uses iterator functions	h5_group.c
Checks if group exists and creates intermediate groups	h5_interm_group.c
Shows concept of mounting files	h5_mount.c
Reads hyperslabs from file created with h5_write.c	h5_read.c
Creates, stores, and dereferences references to dataset regions	h5_ref2reg.c
Creates and reads object references	h5_reference.c
Selects hyperslabs and elements to write selected data from memory to file	h5_select.c
Creates a file using property lists to control which messages are shared (to save space)	h5_shared_mesg.c
Creates a dataset using default properties	h5_write.c
	h5_vds-eiger.c
	h5_vds-exc.c
	h5_vds-exclim.c
	h5_vds-percival-unlim-maxmin.c
	h5_vds-percival-unlim.c
	h5_vds-percival.c
	h5_vds-simpleIO.c
	h5_vds.c
Example of using parallel HDF5	ph5example.c

Feature	Example
	Examples from Learning the Basics
More advanced example of using hyperslabs.	hyperslab.f90
Shows concept of mounting files.	mountexample.f90
Shows nested derived type.	nested_derived_type.f90
Creates and reads a dataset with a compound datatype.	compound.f90
Creates and reads a dataset with a complex compound datatype (F2003).	compound_complex_fortran2003.f90
Creates and reads a dataset with a compound datatype (F2003).	compound_fortran2003.f90
Shows how to use Parallel HDF5.	ph5example.f90
Creates, stores, and dereferences object references.	refobjexample.f90
Creates, stores, and dereferences references to dataset regions.	refregexample.f90
Reads, writes a dataset with F2003 features.	rwdset_fortran2003.f90
Shows how to select elements in a dataset.	selectele.f90

Feature	Example
Reads / Writes from a Chunked Dataset (from file created by extend_ds.cpp)	chunks.cpp
Creates a compound datatype, writes array of compound and reads back fields' subsets	compound.cpp
Writes a dataset to a new HDF5 file	create.cpp
Shows how to work with extendible dataset	extend_ds.cpp
Creates a group with two datasets, creates hard link to group and uses iterator functions	h5group.cpp
Reads hyperslabs from file created with create.cpp	readdata.cpp
Creates a file and dataset and shows how to use hyperslab and element selection	writedata.cpp

--- Last Modified: February 26, 2018 | 01:59 PM