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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 "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);
}