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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 a dataset that is a 4 x 6 
+ *  array.  It is used in the HDF5 Tutorial.
+ */
+
+#include "hdf5.h"
+#define FILE "dset.h5"
+
+int main() {
+
+   hid_t       file_id, dataset_id, dataspace_id;  /* identifiers */
+   hsize_t     dims[2];
+   herr_t      status;
+
+   /* Create a new file using default properties. */
+   file_id = H5Fcreate(FILE, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
+
+   /* Create the data space for the dataset. */
+   dims[0] = 4; 
+   dims[1] = 6; 
+   dataspace_id = H5Screate_simple(2, dims, NULL);
+
+   /* Create the dataset. */
+   dataset_id = H5Dcreate(file_id, "/dset", H5T_STD_I32BE, dataspace_id, 
+                          H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
+
+   /* End access to the dataset and release resources used by it. */
+   status = H5Dclose(dataset_id);
+
+   /* Terminate access to the data space. */ 
+   status = H5Sclose(dataspace_id);
+
+   /* Close the file. */
+   status = H5Fclose(file_id);
+}
+