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/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
 * Copyright by The HDF Group.						     *
 * Copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.	     *
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/*
 *  This example illustrates how to create a dataset that is a 4 x 6
 *  array. It is used in the HDF5 Tutorial.
 */

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

#include "H5Cpp.h"

#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
    using namespace H5;
#endif

const H5std_string	FILE_NAME("h5tutr_dset.h5");
const H5std_string	DATASET_NAME("dset");
const int	 NX = 4;                     // dataset dimensions
const int	 NY = 6;
const int	 RANK = 2;

int main (void)
{
    // Try block to detect exceptions raised by any of the calls inside it
    try
    {
	// Turn off the auto-printing when failure occurs so that we can
	// handle the errors appropriately
	Exception::dontPrint();

	// Create a new file using the default property lists. 
	H5File file(FILE_NAME, H5F_ACC_TRUNC);

	// Create the data space for the dataset.
	hsize_t dims[2];               // dataset dimensions
	dims[0] = NX;
	dims[1] = NY;
	DataSpace dataspace(RANK, dims);

	// Create the dataset.      
	DataSet dataset = file.createDataSet(DATASET_NAME, PredType::STD_I32BE, dataspace);

    }  // end of try block

    // catch failure caused by the H5File operations
    catch(FileIException error)
    {
	error.printError();
	return -1;
    }

    // catch failure caused by the DataSet operations
    catch(DataSetIException error)
    {
	error.printError();
	return -1;
    }

    // catch failure caused by the DataSpace operations
    catch(DataSpaceIException error)
    {
	error.printError();
	return -1;
    }

    return 0;  // successfully terminated
}