H5T_VLEN_CREATE

Syntax | Return Value | Arguments | Keywords | Example | Version History | See Also

The H5T_VLEN_CREATE function creates a variable length array datatype object. See Variable Length Array Datatypes for a discussion of variable length array datatypes.

Syntax

Result = H5T_VLEN_CREATE(Datatype_id)

Return Value

Returns a long integer containing the identifier of the new variable length array datatype.

Note
Datatype identifiers created by this function should be released with H5T_CLOSE.

Arguments

Datatype_id

A long integer containing the datatype identifier to use when creating the variable length array datatype. All elements of the array will be of this datatype.

Keywords

None

Example

See Variable Length Array Datatypes for an example using this routine.

Version History

See Also

H5T_ARRAY_CREATE, H5T_IDL_CREATE, H5T_CLOSE