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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/c++/src/H5Attribute.cpp b/c++/src/H5Attribute.cpp
index 5f04865..a2445d6 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5Attribute.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5Attribute.cpp
@@ -423,18 +423,15 @@ void Attribute::p_read_fixed_len(const DataType& mem_type, H5std_string& strg) c
// If there is data, allocate buffer and read it.
if (attr_size > 0)
{
- char *strg_C = NULL;
-
- strg_C = new char [(size_t)attr_size+1];
+ char *strg_C = new char[(size_t)attr_size+1];
herr_t ret_value = H5Aread(id, mem_type.getId(), strg_C);
-
if( ret_value < 0 )
{
delete []strg_C; // de-allocate for fixed-len string
throw AttributeIException("Attribute::read", "H5Aread failed");
}
-
// Get string from the C char* and release resource allocated locally
+ strg_C[attr_size] = '\0';
strg = strg_C;
delete []strg_C;
}