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<h1>H5T: Datatype Interface</h1>
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<h2>Datatype Object API Functions</h2>

These functions create and manipulate the datatype which describes elements
of a dataset.


<p>
<strong>The C Interfaces:</strong>

<table border=0>
<tr><td valign=top>
<i>General Datatype Operations</i>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Create">H5Tcreate</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Open">H5Topen</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Commit">H5Tcommit</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Committed">H5Tcommitted</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Copy">H5Tcopy</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Equal">H5Tequal</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Lock">H5Tlock</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetClass">H5Tget_class</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetSize">H5Tget_size</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetSuper">H5Tget_super</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetNativeType">H5Tget_native_type</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-DetectClass">H5Tdetect_class</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Close">H5Tclose</a>
<br><br>
<i>Conversion Functions</i>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Convert">H5Tconvert</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Find">H5Tfind</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetOverflow">H5Tset_overflow</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetOverflow">H5Tget_overflow</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Register">H5Tregister</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Unregister">H5Tunregister</a>
</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
<i>Atomic Datatype Properties</i>
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    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetSize">H5Tset_size</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetOrder">H5Tget_order</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetOrder">H5Tset_order</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetPrecision">H5Tget_precision</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetPrecision">H5Tset_precision</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetOffset">H5Tget_offset</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetOffset">H5Tset_offset</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetPad">H5Tget_pad</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetPad">H5Tset_pad</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetSign">H5Tget_sign</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetSign">H5Tset_sign</a>
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    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetFields">H5Tget_fields</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetFields">H5Tset_fields</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetEbias">H5Tget_ebias</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetEbias">H5Tset_ebias</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetNorm">H5Tget_norm</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetNorm">H5Tset_norm</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetInpad">H5Tget_inpad</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetInpad">H5Tset_inpad</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetCset">H5Tget_cset</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetCset">H5Tset_cset</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetStrpad">H5Tget_strpad</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetStrpad">H5Tset_strpad</a>
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<i>Enumeration Datatypes</i>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-EnumCreate">H5Tenum_create</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-EnumInsert">H5Tenum_insert</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-EnumNameOf">H5Tenum_nameof</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-EnumValueOf">H5Tenum_valueof</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberValue">H5Tget_member_value</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetNmembers">H5Tget_nmembers</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberName">H5Tget_member_name</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberIndex">H5Tget_member_index</a>
</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top>
<i>Compound Datatype Properties</i>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetNmembers">H5Tget_nmembers</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberClass">H5Tget_member_class</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberName">H5Tget_member_name</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberIndex">H5Tget_member_index</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberOffset">H5Tget_member_offset</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberType">H5Tget_member_type</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Insert">H5Tinsert</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Pack">H5Tpack</a>
<br><br>
<i>Array Datatypes</i>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-ArrayCreate">H5Tarray_create</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetArrayNdims">H5Tget_array_ndims</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetArrayDims">H5Tget_array_dims</a>
<br><br>
<i>Variable-length Datatypes</i>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-VLCreate">H5Tvlen_create</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-IsVariableString">H5Tis_variable_str</a>
<br><br>
<i>Opaque Datatypes</i>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetTag">H5Tset_tag</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetTag">H5Tget_tag</a>
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    <td valign="top" width=30%>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-ArrayCreate">H5Tarray_create</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-Close">H5Tclose</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-Commit">H5Tcommit</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-Committed">H5Tcommitted</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-Convert">H5Tconvert</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-Copy">H5Tcopy</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-Create">H5Tcreate</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-DetectClass">H5Tdetect_class</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-EnumCreate">H5Tenum_create</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-EnumInsert">H5Tenum_insert</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-EnumNameOf">H5Tenum_nameof</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-EnumValueOf">H5Tenum_valueof</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-Equal">H5Tequal</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-Find">H5Tfind</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetArrayDims">H5Tget_array_dims</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetArrayNdims">H5Tget_array_ndims</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetClass">H5Tget_class</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetCset">H5Tget_cset</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetEbias">H5Tget_ebias</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetFields">H5Tget_fields</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetInpad">H5Tget_inpad</a>    
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    <td valign="top" width=30%>      
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberClass">H5Tget_member_class</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberIndex">H5Tget_member_index</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberName">H5Tget_member_name</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberOffset">H5Tget_member_offset</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberType">H5Tget_member_type</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberValue">H5Tget_member_value</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetNativeType">H5Tget_native_type</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetNmembers">H5Tget_nmembers</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetNorm">H5Tget_norm</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetOffset">H5Tget_offset</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetOrder">H5Tget_order</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetOverflow">H5Tget_overflow</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetPad">H5Tget_pad</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetPrecision">H5Tget_precision</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetSign">H5Tget_sign</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetSize">H5Tget_size</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetStrpad">H5Tget_strpad</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetSuper">H5Tget_super</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-GetTag">H5Tget_tag</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-Insert">H5Tinsert</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-IsVariableString">H5Tis_variable_str</a>
    </td>
    
    <td width=3%>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
    
    <td valign="top">      
      <li><a href="#Datatype-Lock">H5Tlock</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-Open">H5Topen</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-Pack">H5Tpack</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-Register">H5Tregister</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-SetCset">H5Tset_cset</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-SetEbias">H5Tset_ebias</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-SetFields">H5Tset_fields</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-SetInpad">H5Tset_inpad</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-SetNorm">H5Tset_norm</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-SetOffset">H5Tset_offset</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-SetOrder">H5Tset_order</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-SetOverflow">H5Tset_overflow</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-SetPad">H5Tset_pad</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-SetPrecision">H5Tset_precision</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-SetSign">H5Tset_sign</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-SetSize">H5Tset_size</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-SetStrpad">H5Tset_strpad</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-SetTag">H5Tset_tag</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-Unregister">H5Tunregister</a>
      <li><a href="#Datatype-VLCreate">H5Tvlen_create</a>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

<br>
<strong>The FORTRAN90 Interfaces:</strong>
<br>
In general, each FORTRAN90 subroutine performs exactly the same task 
as the corresponding C function.  
<br>

<table border=0>
<tr><td valign=top width=32%>
<i>General Datatype Operations</i>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Create">h5tcreate_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Open">h5topen_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Commit">h5tcommit_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Committed">h5tcommitted_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Copy">h5tcopy_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Equal">h5tequal_f</a>
<!--<li><a href="#Datatype-Lock">h5tlock_f</a>                          -->
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetClass">h5tget_class_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetSize">h5tget_size_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetSuper">h5tget_super_f</a>
<!--<li><a href="#Datatype-GetNativeType">h5tget_native_type_f</a>      -->
<!--<li><a href="#Datatype-DetectClass">h5tdetect_class_f</a>             -->
    <li><a href="#Datatype-Close">h5tclose_f</a>
<!--<p>                                                                     -->
<!--<i>Conversion Functions</i>                                             -->
<!--<li><a href="#Datatype-Convert">h5tconvert_f</a>                    -->
<!--<li><a href="#Datatype-Find">h5tfind_f</a>                          -->
<!--<li><a href="#Datatype-SetOverflow">h5tset_overflow_f</a>           -->
<!--<li><a href="#Datatype-GetOverflow">h5tget_overflow_f</a>           -->
<!--<li><a href="#Datatype-Register">h5tregister_f</a>                  -->
<!--<li><a href="#Datatype-Unregister">h5tunregister_f</a>              -->
    <br><br>
    <i>Enumeration Datatypes</i>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-EnumCreate">h5tenum_create_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-EnumInsert">h5tenum_insert_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-EnumNameOf">h5tenum_nameof_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-EnumValueOf">h5tenum_valueof_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberValue">h5tget_member_value_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetNmembers">h5tget_nmembers_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberName">h5tget_member_name_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberIndex">h5tget_member_index_f</a>
</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top width=32%>
<i>Atomic Datatype Properties</i>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetSize">h5tset_size_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetOrder">h5tget_order_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetOrder">h5tset_order_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetPrecision">h5tget_precision_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetPrecision">h5tset_precision_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetOffset">h5tget_offset_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetOffset">h5tset_offset_f</a>
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    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetPad">h5tget_pad_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetPad">h5tset_pad_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetSign">h5tget_sign_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetSign">h5tset_sign_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetFields">h5tget_fields_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetFields">h5tset_fields_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetEbias">h5tget_ebiass_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetEbias">h5tset_ebiass_f</a>
<!--  </td><td valign=top>                                                  -->
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetNorm">h5tget_norm_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetNorm">h5tset_norm_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetInpad">h5tget_inpad_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetInpad">h5tset_inpad_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetCset">h5tget_cset_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetCset">h5tset_cset_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetStrpad">h5tget_strpad_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetStrpad">h5tset_strpad_f</a>
<!--  </td></tr></table>                                                    -->
<!--<p>                                                                     -->
<!--<i>Variable-length Datatypes</i>                                        -->
<!--<li><a href="#Datatype-VLCreate">h5tvlen_create_f</a>               -->
    </td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td valign=top width=32%>
    <i>Array Datatypes</i>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-ArrayCreate">h5tarray_create_f</a>   
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetArrayNdims">h5tget_array_ndims_f</a>  
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetArrayDims">h5tget_array_dims_f</a>  
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    <i>Compound Datatype Properties</i>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetNmembers">h5tget_nmembers_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberClass">h5tget_member_class_f</a>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-GetMemberName">h5tget_member_name_f</a>
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    <i>Variable-length Datatypes</i>
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    <li><a href="#Datatype-IsVariableString">h5tis_variable_str_f</a>
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    <i>Opaque Datatypes</i>
    <li><a href="#Datatype-SetTag">h5tset_tag_f</a>
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<p>
The Datatype interface, H5T, provides a mechanism to describe the
      storage format of individual data points of a data set and is
      hopefully designed in such a way as to allow new features to be
      easily added without disrupting applications that use the data
      type interface.  A dataset (the H5D interface) is composed of a
      collection or raw data points of homogeneous type organized
      according to the data space (the H5S interface).

<p>
A datatype is a collection of datatype properties, all of
      which can be stored on disk, and which when taken as a whole,
      provide complete information for data conversion to or from that
      datatype.  The interface provides functions to set and query
      properties of a datatype.
      
<p>
A <em>data point</em> is an instance of a <em>datatype</em>,
      which is an instance of a <em>type class</em>.  We have defined
      a set of type classes and properties which can be extended at a
      later time.  The atomic type classes are those which describe
      types which cannot be decomposed at the datatype interface
      level; all other classes are compound.

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See <a href="Datatypes.html"><cite>The Datatype Interface (H5T)</cite></a>
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<?php include("H5T/H5Tcreate.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tdetect_class.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tenum_create.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tenum_insert.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tenum_nameof.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tenum_valueof.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tequal.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tfind.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_array_dims.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_array_ndims.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_class.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_cset.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_ebias.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_fields.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_inpad.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_member_class.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_member_index.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_member_name.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_member_offset.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_member_type.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_member_value.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_native_type.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_nmembers.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_norm.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_offset.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_order.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_overflow.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_pad.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_precision.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_sign.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_size.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_strpad.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_super.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tget_tag.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tinsert.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tis_variable_str.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tlock.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Topen.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tpack.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tregister.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tset_cset.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tset_ebias.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tset_fields.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tset_inpad.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tset_norm.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tset_offset.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tset_order.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tset_overflow.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tset_pad.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tset_precision.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tset_sign.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tset_size.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tset_strpad.htm"); ?>
<?php include("H5T/H5Tset_tag.htm"); ?>
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