H5T_ENUM_CREATE
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The H5T_ENUM_CREATE function creates an enumeration datatype object.
Note
Name/value pairs must be assigned to the datatype before it is used to create a dataset. The dataset stores the state of the datatype at the time the dataset is created; additional changes to the datatype will not be reflected in the dataset.
See Enumeration Datatypes for a discussion of enumeration datatypes.
Syntax
Result = H5T_ENUM_CREATE()
Return Value
Returns a long integer containing the identifier of the new enumeration datatype.
Note
Datatype identifiers created by this function should be released with H5T_CLOSE.
Arguments
None
Keywords
None
Example
See Enumeration Datatypes for an example using this routine.
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