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diff --git a/doc/html/Tools.html b/doc/html/Tools.html index 3be9513..9dbe31f 100644 --- a/doc/html/Tools.html +++ b/doc/html/Tools.html @@ -271,6 +271,20 @@ installed with HDF5. turn and in the order specified above until one driver succeeds in opening the file. </p> + <p> + One byte integer type data is displayed in decimal by default. When + displayed in ASCII, a non-printable code is displayed in 3 octal + digits preceeded by a back-slash unless there is a C language escape + sequence for it. For example, CR and LF are printed as \r and \n. + Though the NUL code is represented as \0 in C, it is printed as + \000 to avoid ambiguity as illustrated in the following 1 byte + char data (since this is not a string, embedded NUL is possible). + <pre> + 141 142 143 000 060 061 062 012 + a b c \0 0 1 2 \n </pre> + h5dump prints them as "abc\000012\n". But if h5dump prints NUL as \0, + the output is "abc\0012\n" which is ambiguous. + </p> <!-- NEW PAGE --> <dt><strong>XML Output:</strong> @@ -2520,7 +2534,7 @@ of complete manual formatted as print volume) </small></i> Describes HDF5 Release 1.6.3, September 2004 </address><!-- #EndLibraryItem --><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT"> <!-- -document.writeln("Last modified: 19 January 2004"); +document.writeln("Last modified: 24 November 2004"); --> </SCRIPT> |