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| author | Frank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org> | 2000-12-12 22:29:41 (GMT) |
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| committer | Frank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org> | 2000-12-12 22:29:41 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/doc/html/PredefDTypes.html b/doc/html/PredefDTypes.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0768e16 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/html/PredefDTypes.html @@ -0,0 +1,493 @@ +<html> +<head><title> +HDF5/Predefined Datatypes +</title></head> + +<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> + + +<hr> +<center> +<table border=0 width=98%> +<tr><td valign=top align=left> +<a href="H5.intro.html">Introduction to HDF5</a> <br> +<a href="H5.user.html">HDF5 User Guide</a> <br> +<a href="index.html">Other HDF5 documents and links</a> <br> +<!-- +<a href="Glossary.html">Glossary</a><br> +--> +</td> +<td valign=top align=right> +And in this document, the +<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a> +<br> +<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a> +<a href="RM_H5A.html">H5A</a> +<a href="RM_H5D.html">H5D</a> +<a href="RM_H5E.html">H5E</a> +<a href="RM_H5F.html">H5F</a> +<a href="RM_H5G.html">H5G</a> +<a href="RM_H5I.html">H5I</a> +<a href="RM_H5P.html">H5P</a> +<br> +<a href="RM_H5R.html">H5R</a> +<a 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align=left> +<pre> + H5T_STD_U8BE + H5T_STD_U8LE + H5T_STD_U16BE + H5T_STD_U16LE + H5T_STD_U32BE + H5T_STD_U32LE + H5T_STD_U64BE + H5T_STD_U64LE +</pre> + </td> + <td valign=top width=33% align=left> +<pre> + H5T_STD_B8BE + H5T_STD_B8LE + H5T_STD_B16BE + H5T_STD_B16LE + H5T_STD_B32BE + H5T_STD_B32LE + H5T_STD_B64BE + H5T_STD_B64LE +</pre> + </tr></td> + </table> + + <ul> + <li>Object reference or dataset region reference + </ul> + +<pre> + H5T_STD_REF_OBJ + H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG +</pre> + + +<h4>UNIX-specific datatypes</h4> + <ul> + <li>32-bit and 64-bit + <li>Big-endian and little-endian + </ul> + +<pre> + H5T_UNIX_D32BE + H5T_UNIX_D32LE + H5T_UNIX_D64BE + H5T_UNIX_D64LE +</pre> + + +<h4>C-specific datatype</h4> + <ul> + <li>String datatype in C (size defined in bytes rather than in bits) + </ul> + +<pre> + H5T_C_S1 +</pre> + + +<h4>FORTRAN-specific datatype</h4> + <ul> + <li>String datatype in FORTRAN (as defined for the HDF5 C library) + </ul> + +<pre> + H5T_FORTRAN_S1 +</pre> + + +<h4>Intel-specific datatypes</h4> + <ul> + <li>For Intel CPUs + <li>Little-endian + <li>Signed integer (2's complement), unsigned integer, bitfield, and + IEEE floating point + <li>8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit + </ul> + + <table border=0 width=76%> + <tr><td valign=top width=50% align=left> +<pre> + H5T_INTEL_I8 + H5T_INTEL_I16 + H5T_INTEL_I32 + H5T_INTEL_I64 + + H5T_INTEL_U8 + H5T_INTEL_U16 + H5T_INTEL_U32 + H5T_INTEL_U64 +</pre> + </td> + <td valign=top width=50% align=left> +<pre> + H5T_INTEL_B8 + H5T_INTEL_B16 + H5T_INTEL_B32 + H5T_INTEL_B64 + + H5T_INTEL_F32 + H5T_INTEL_F64 +</pre> + </tr></td> + </table> + + +<h4>DEC Alpha-specific datatypes</h4> + <ul> + <li>For DEC Alpha CPUs + <li>Little-endian + <li>Signed integer (2's complement), unsigned integer, bitfield, and + IEEE floating point + <li>8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit + </ul> + + <table border=0 width=76%> + <tr><td valign=top width=50% align=left> +<pre> + H5T_ALPHA_I8 + H5T_ALPHA_I16 + H5T_ALPHA_I32 + H5T_ALPHA_I64 + + H5T_ALPHA_U8 + H5T_ALPHA_U16 + H5T_ALPHA_U32 + H5T_ALPHA_U64 +</pre> + </td> + <td valign=top width=50% align=left> +<pre> + H5T_ALPHA_B8 + H5T_ALPHA_B16 + H5T_ALPHA_B32 + H5T_ALPHA_B64 + + H5T_ALPHA_F32 + H5T_ALPHA_F64 +</pre> + </tr></td> + </table> + + +<h4>MIPS-specific datatypes</h4> + <ul> + <li>For MIPS CPUs, commonly used in SGI system + <li>Big-endian + <li>Signed integer (2's complement), unsigned integer, bitfield, and + IEEE floating point + <li>8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit + </ul> + + <table border=0 width=76%> + <tr><td valign=top width=50% align=left> +<pre> + H5T_MIPS_I8 + H5T_MIPS_I16 + H5T_MIPS_I32 + H5T_MIPS_I64 + + H5T_MIPS_U8 + H5T_MIPS_U16 + H5T_MIPS_U32 + H5T_MIPS_U64 +</pre> + </td> + <td valign=top width=50% align=left> +<pre> + H5T_MIPS_B8 + H5T_MIPS_B16 + H5T_MIPS_B32 + H5T_MIPS_B64 + + H5T_MIPS_F32 + H5T_MIPS_F64 +</pre> + </tr></td> + </table> + + +<h4>Predefined native datatypes</h4> + <dir> + These are the datatypes detected by <code>H5detect</code>. + Their names differ from other HDF5 datatype names as follows: + <ul> + <li>Instead of a class name, precision, and byte order as the last + component, they have a C-like datatype name. + <li>If the datatype begins with <code>U</code>, then it is the unsigned + version of the integer datatype; other integer datatypes are signed. + <li>The datatype <code>LLONG</code> corresponds to + C's <code>long_long</code> and + <code>LDOUBLE</code> is <code>long_double</code>. + These datatypes might be the same as <code>LONG</code> and + <code>DOUBLE</code>, respectively. + </ul> + </dir> + + <table border=0 width=76%> + <tr><td valign=top width=50% align=left> +<pre> + H5T_NATIVE_CHAR + H5T_NATIVE_SCHAR + H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR + + H5T_NATIVE_SHORT + H5T_NATIVE_USHORT + + H5T_NATIVE_INT + H5T_NATIVE_UINT + + H5T_NATIVE_LONG + H5T_NATIVE_ULONG + H5T_NATIVE_LLONG + H5T_NATIVE_ULLONG +</pre> + </td> + <td valign=top width=50% align=left> +<pre> + H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT + H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE + H5T_NATIVE_LDOUBLE + + H5T_NATIVE_B8 + H5T_NATIVE_B16 + H5T_NATIVE_B32 + H5T_NATIVE_B64 + + H5T_NATIVE_OPAQUE + H5T_NATIVE_HADDR + H5T_NATIVE_HSIZE + H5T_NATIVE_HSSIZE + H5T_NATIVE_HERR + H5T_NATIVE_HBOOL +</pre> + </tr></td> + </table> + + +<h4>ANSI C9x-specific native integer datatypes</h4> + <ul> + <li>Signed integer (2's complement), unsigned integer, and bitfield + <li>8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit + <li><code>LEAST</code> -- storage to use least amount of space + <br> + <code>FAST</code> -- storage to maximize performance + </ul> + + <table border=0 width=76%> + <tr><td valign=top width=50% align=left> +<pre> + H5T_NATIVE_INT8 + H5T_NATIVE_UINT8 + H5T_NATIVE_INT_LEAST8 + H5T_NATIVE_UINT_LEAST8 + H5T_NATIVE_INT_FAST8 + H5T_NATIVE_UINT_FAST8 + + H5T_NATIVE_INT16 + H5T_NATIVE_UINT16 + H5T_NATIVE_INT_LEAST16 + H5T_NATIVE_UINT_LEAST16 + H5T_NATIVE_INT_FAST16 + H5T_NATIVE_UINT_FAST16 +</pre> + </td> + <td valign=top width=50% align=left> +<pre> + H5T_NATIVE_INT32 + H5T_NATIVE_UINT32 + H5T_NATIVE_INT_LEAST32 + H5T_NATIVE_UINT_LEAST32 + H5T_NATIVE_INT_FAST32 + H5T_NATIVE_UINT_FAST32 + + H5T_NATIVE_INT64 + H5T_NATIVE_UINT64 + H5T_NATIVE_INT_LEAST64 + H5T_NATIVE_UINT_LEAST64 + H5T_NATIVE_INT_FAST64 + H5T_NATIVE_UINT_FAST64 +</pre> + </tr></td> + </table> + + +<h4>FORTRAN90 API datatypes</h4> + <ul> + <li>Datatypes defined for the FORTRAN90 APIs + <br> + <br> + <li>Native integer, single-precision real, double-precision real, + and character + </ul> + +<pre> + H5T_NATIVE_INTEGER + H5T_NATIVE_REAL + H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE + H5T_NATIVE_CHARACTER +</pre> + + <ul> + <li>Signed integer (2's complement), unsigned integer, and + IEEE floating point + <li>8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit + <li>Big-endian and little-endian + </ul> + + <table border=0 width=76%> + <tr><td valign=top width=33% align=left> +<pre> + H5T_STD_I8BE + H5T_STD_I8LE + H5T_STD_I16BE + H5T_STD_I16LE + H5T_STD_I32BE + H5T_STD_I32LE + H5T_STD_I64BE + H5T_STD_I64LE +</pre> + </td> + <td valign=top width=34% align=left> +<pre> + H5T_STD_U8BE + H5T_STD_U8LE + H5T_STD_U16BE + H5T_STD_U16LE + H5T_STD_U32BE + H5T_STD_U32LE + H5T_STD_U64BE + H5T_STD_U64LE +</pre> + </td> + <td valign=top width=33% align=left> +<pre> + H5T_IEEE_F32BE + H5T_IEEE_F32LE + H5T_IEEE_F64BE + H5T_IEEE_F64LE +</pre> + </tr></td> + </table> + + + <ul> + <li>Object reference or dataset region reference + </ul> + +<pre> + H5T_STD_REF_OBJ + H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG +</pre> + + + + + + +<hr> +<center> +<table border=0 width=98%> +<tr><td valign=top align=left> +<a href="H5.intro.html">Introduction to HDF5</a> <br> +<a href="H5.user.html">HDF5 User Guide</a> <br> +<a href="index.html">Other HDF5 documents and links</a> <br> +<!-- +<a href="Glossary.html">Glossary</a><br> +--> +</td> +<td valign=top align=right> +And in this document, the +<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a> +<br> +<a href="RM_H5.html">H5</a> +<a href="RM_H5A.html">H5A</a> +<a href="RM_H5D.html">H5D</a> +<a 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