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diff --git a/doc/html/H5.format.html b/doc/html/H5.format.html index 518b91a..8553452 100644 --- a/doc/html/H5.format.html +++ b/doc/html/H5.format.html @@ -2543,7 +2543,7 @@ Elena> "Free-space object" <center> <table border cellpadding=4 width="80%"> <caption align=top> - <b>Bit Field for Bitfield types (Class 4)</b> + <b>Bit Field for Bitfield Types (Class 4)</b> </caption> <tr align=center> @@ -2576,7 +2576,7 @@ Elena> "Free-space object" <center> <table border cellpadding=4 width="80%"> <caption align=top> - <b>Properties for Bitfield types (Class 4)</b> + <b>Properties for Bitfield Types (Class 4)</b> </caption> <tr align=center> @@ -2597,7 +2597,7 @@ Elena> "Free-space object" <center> <table border cellpadding=4 width="80%"> <caption align=top> - <b>Bit Field for Opaque types (Class 5)</b> + <b>Bit Field for Opaque Types (Class 5)</b> </caption> <tr align=center> @@ -2616,7 +2616,7 @@ Elena> "Free-space object" <center> <table border cellpadding=4 width="80%"> <caption align=top> - <b>Properties for Opaque types (Class 5)</b> + <b>Properties for Opaque Types (Class 5)</b> </caption> <tr align=center> @@ -2729,7 +2729,7 @@ Elena> "Free-space object" <center> <table border cellpadding=4 width="80%"> <caption align=top> - <b>Bit Field for Enumeration types (Class 8)</b> + <b>Bit Field for Enumeration Types (Class 8)</b> </caption> <tr align=center> @@ -2754,7 +2754,7 @@ Elena> "Free-space object" <center> <table border cellpadding=4 width="80%"> <caption align=top> - <b>Properties for Enumeration types (Class 8)</b> + <b>Properties for Enumeration Types (Class 8)</b> </caption> <tr align=center> @@ -2800,6 +2800,117 @@ Elena> "Free-space object" </table> </center> + + <p> + <center> + <table border cellpadding=4 width="80%"> + <caption align=top> + <b>Bit Field for Variable-length Types (Class 9)</b> + </caption> + + <tr align=center> + <th width="10%">Bits</th> + <th width="90%">Meaning</th> + </tr> + + <tr valign=top> + <td>0-3</td> + <td><dl><dt><b>Type</b></dt> + <dt>0 Variable-length sequence</dt> + <dd>This variable-length datatype can be of any sequence + of data. Variable-length sequences do not have padding + or character set information.</dd> + <dt>1 Variable-length string</dt> + <dd>This variable-length datatype is composed of a series of + characters. Variable-length strings have padding and + character set information.</dd></dl> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr valign=top> + <td>4-7</td> + <td><dl><dt><b>Padding type</b> (variable-length string only)</dt> + <dd>This four-bit value determines the type of padding + used for variable-length strings. The values are the same + as for the string padding type, as follows:</dd> + <dt>0 Null terminate</dt> + <dd>A zero byte marks the end of a string and is guaranteed + to be present after converting a long string to a short + string. When converting a short string to a long string, + the value is padded with additional null characters + as necessary. + <dt>1 Null pad</dt> + <dd>Null characters are added to the end of the value + during conversion from a short string to a longer string. + Conversion from a long string to a shorter string + simply truncates the value.</dd> + <dt>2 Space pad</dt> + <dd>Space characters are added to the end of the value + during conversion from a short string to a longer string. + Conversion from a long string to a shorter string simply + truncates the value. + This is the Fortran representation of the string. + </dd> + <dt>3-15 Reserved</dt> + <dd>These values are reserved for future use.</dd></dl> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr valign=top> + <td>8-11</td> + <td><dl><dt><b>Character set</b> (variable-length string only)</dt> + <dd>This four-bit value specifies the character set + to be used for encoding the string.</dd> + <dt>0 8-bit ASCII</dt> + <dd>As of this writing (June 2002, Release 1.4.4), + 8-bit ASCII is the only character set supported. + Therefore, no translations have been defined.</dd></dl> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr valign=top> + <td>12-23</td> + <td>Reserved (zero).</td> + </tr> + </table> + </center> + + <p> + <center> + <table border cellpadding=4 width="80%"> + <caption align=top> + <b>Properties for Variable-length Types (Class 9)</b> + </caption> + + <tr align=center> + <th width="25%">Byte</th> + <th width="25%">Byte</th> + <th width="25%">Byte</th> + <th width="25%">Byte</th> + </tr> + + <tr align=center> + <td colspan=4><br>Parent Type<br><br></td> + </tr> + + </table> + </center> + + <center> + <table border=0 cellpadding=4 width="80%"> + <tr align=left valign=top> + <td valign=top width=20%>Parent Type:</td> + <td valign=top>Each variable-length type is based on + some parent type. The information for that parent type is + described recursively by this field.</td> + </tr> + </table> + </center> + + + + <p> + <!-- <p>Datatype examples are <a href="Datatypes.html">here</a>. --> @@ -3965,7 +4076,7 @@ in the structure, with each item formatted according to its datatype. --> <address><a href="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu">HDF Help Desk</a></address> <!-- hhmts start --> -Last modified: 25 April 2002 +Last modified: 1 July 2002 <!-- hhmts end --> <br> |