/************************************************************ This example shows how to read and write variable-length datatypes to a dataset. The program first writes two variable-length integer arrays to a dataset 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_vlen.h5" #define DATASET "DS1" #define LEN0 3 #define LEN1 12 int main(void) { hid_t file, filetype, memtype, space, dset; /* Handles */ herr_t status; hvl_t wdata[2], /* Array of vlen structures */ *rdata; /* Pointer to vlen structures */ hsize_t dims[1] = {2}; int *ptr, ndims; hsize_t i, j; /* * Initialize variable-length data. wdata[0] is a countdown of * length LEN0, wdata[1] is a Fibonacci sequence of length LEN1. */ wdata[0].len = LEN0; ptr = (int *)malloc(wdata[0].len * sizeof(int)); for (i = 0; i < wdata[0].len; i++) ptr[i] = wdata[0].len - (size_t)i; /* 3 2 1 */ wdata[0].p = (void *)ptr; wdata[1].len = LEN1; ptr = (int *)malloc(wdata[1].len * sizeof(int)); ptr[0] = 1; ptr[1] = 1; for (i = 2; i < wdata[1].len; i++) ptr[i] = ptr[i - 1] + ptr[i - 2]; /* 1 1 2 3 5 8 etc. */ wdata[1].p = (void *)ptr; /* * Create a new file using the default properties. */ file = H5Fcreate(FILE, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT); /* * Create variable-length datatype for file and memory. */ filetype = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_STD_I32LE); memtype = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT); /* * Create dataspace. Setting maximum size to NULL sets the maximum * size to be the current size. */ space = H5Screate_simple(1, dims, NULL); /* * Create the dataset and write the variable-length data to it. */ dset = H5Dcreate(file, DATASET, filetype, space, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT); status = H5Dwrite(dset, memtype, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, wdata); /* * Close and release resources. Note the use of H5Dvlen_reclaim * removes the need to manually free() the previously malloc'ed * data. */ status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(memtype, space, H5P_DEFAULT, wdata); status = H5Dclose(dset); status = H5Sclose(space); status = H5Tclose(filetype); status = H5Tclose(memtype); status = H5Fclose(file); /* * Now we begin the read section of this example. Here we assume * the dataset 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 and dataset. */ file = H5Fopen(FILE, H5F_ACC_RDONLY, H5P_DEFAULT); dset = H5Dopen(file, DATASET, H5P_DEFAULT); /* * Get dataspace and allocate memory for array of vlen structures. * This does not actually allocate memory for the vlen data, that * will be done by the library. */ space = H5Dget_space(dset); ndims = H5Sget_simple_extent_dims(space, dims, NULL); rdata = (hvl_t *)malloc(dims[0] * sizeof(hvl_t)); /* * Create the memory datatype. */ memtype = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT); /* * Read the data. */ status = H5Dread(dset, memtype, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, rdata); /* * Output the variable-length data to the screen. */ for (i = 0; i < dims[0]; i++) { printf("%s[%llu]:\n {", DATASET, i); ptr = rdata[i].p; for (j = 0; j < rdata[i].len; j++) { printf(" %d", ptr[j]); if ((j + 1) < rdata[i].len) printf(","); } printf(" }\n"); } /* * Close and release resources. Note we must still free the * top-level pointer "rdata", as H5Dvlen_reclaim only frees the * actual variable-length data, and not the structures themselves. */ status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(memtype, space, H5P_DEFAULT, rdata); free(rdata); status = H5Dclose(dset); status = H5Sclose(space); status = H5Tclose(memtype); status = H5Fclose(file); return 0; }