/************************************************************ This example shows how to read and write floating point datatypes to an attribute. The program first writes floating point numbers to an attribute with a dataspace of DIM0xDIM1, then closes the file. Next, it reopens the file, reads back the data, and outputs it to the screen. ************************************************************/ #include "hdf5.h" #include #include #define FILE "h5ex_t_floatatt.h5" #define DATASET "DS1" #define ATTRIBUTE "A1" #define DIM0 4 #define DIM1 7 int main(void) { hid_t file, space, dset, attr; /* Handles */ herr_t status; hsize_t dims[2] = {DIM0, DIM1}; double wdata[DIM0][DIM1], /* Write buffer */ **rdata; /* Read buffer */ int ndims; hsize_t i, j; /* * Initialize data. */ for (i = 0; i < DIM0; i++) for (j = 0; j < DIM1; j++) wdata[i][j] = (double)i / (j + 0.5) + j; ; /* * Create a new file using the default properties. */ file = H5Fcreate(FILE, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT); /* * Create dataset with a null dataspace. */ space = H5Screate(H5S_NULL); dset = H5Dcreate(file, DATASET, H5T_STD_I32LE, space, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT); status = H5Sclose(space); /* * Create dataspace. Setting maximum size to NULL sets the maximum * size to be the current size. */ space = H5Screate_simple(2, dims, NULL); /* * Create the attribute and write the floating point data to it. * In this example we will save the data as 64 bit little endian * IEEE floating point numbers, regardless of the native type. The * HDF5 library automatically converts between different floating * point types. */ attr = H5Acreate(dset, ATTRIBUTE, H5T_IEEE_F64LE, space, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT); status = H5Awrite(attr, H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE, wdata[0]); /* * Close and release resources. */ status = H5Aclose(attr); status = H5Dclose(dset); status = H5Sclose(space); status = H5Fclose(file); /* * Now we begin the read section of this example. Here we assume * the attribute has the same name and rank, but can have any size. * Therefore we must allocate a new array to read in data using * malloc(). */ /* * Open file, dataset, and attribute. */ file = H5Fopen(FILE, H5F_ACC_RDONLY, H5P_DEFAULT); dset = H5Dopen(file, DATASET, H5P_DEFAULT); attr = H5Aopen(dset, ATTRIBUTE, H5P_DEFAULT); /* * Get dataspace and allocate memory for read buffer. This is a * two dimensional attribute so the dynamic allocation must be done * in steps. */ space = H5Aget_space(attr); ndims = H5Sget_simple_extent_dims(space, dims, NULL); /* * Allocate array of pointers to rows. */ rdata = (double **)malloc(dims[0] * sizeof(double *)); /* * Allocate space for floating point data. */ rdata[0] = (double *)malloc(dims[0] * dims[1] * sizeof(double)); /* * Set the rest of the pointers to rows to the correct addresses. */ for (i = 1; i < dims[0]; i++) rdata[i] = rdata[0] + i * dims[1]; /* * Read the data. */ status = H5Aread(attr, H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE, rdata[0]); /* * Output the data to the screen. */ printf("%s:\n", ATTRIBUTE); for (i = 0; i < dims[0]; i++) { printf(" ["); for (j = 0; j < dims[1]; j++) printf(" %6.4f", rdata[i][j]); printf("]\n"); } /* * Close and release resources. */ free(rdata[0]); free(rdata); status = H5Aclose(attr); status = H5Dclose(dset); status = H5Sclose(space); status = H5Fclose(file); return 0; }