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+/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
+ * Copyright by The HDF Group.						     *
+ * Copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.	     *
+ * All rights reserved.							     *
+ *	                                                                     *
+ * This file is part of HDF5.  The full HDF5 copyright notice, including     *
+ * terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in    *
+ * the files COPYING and Copyright.html.  COPYING can be found at the root   *
+ * of the source code distribution tree; Copyright.html can be found at the  *
+ * root level of an installed copy of the electronic HDF5 document set and   *
+ * is linked from the top-level documents page.  It can also be found at     *
+ * http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/Copyright.html.  If you do not have	     *
+ * access to either file, you may request a copy from help@hdfgroup.org.     *
+ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
+
+/*
+ *  This example illustrates how to create and close a group.
+ *  It is used in the HDF5 Tutorial.
+ */
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "H5Cpp.h"
+
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+    using namespace H5;
+#ifndef H5_NO_STD
+    using std::cout;
+    using std::endl;
+#endif  // H5_NO_STD
+#endif
+
+const H5std_string FILE_NAME("group.h5");
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    // 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
+	Exception::dontPrint();
+
+	// Create a new file using default property lists.
+	H5File file(FILE_NAME, H5F_ACC_TRUNC);
+	
+	// Create a group named "/MygGroup" in the file
+	Group group(file.createGroup("/MyGroup"));
+
+	// File and group will be closed as their instances go out of scope.
+   
+    } // end of try block
+
+    // catch failure caused by the H5File operations
+    catch(FileIException error)
+    {
+	error.printError();
+	return -1;
+    }
+    // catch failure caused by the Group operations
+    catch(GroupIException error)
+    {
+	error.printError();
+	return -1;
+    }
+ 
+    return 0;
+}