Create a new HDF5 dataset

Create a new HDF5 dataset

H5Dcreate(
  h5loc,
  name,
  dtype_id,
  h5space,
  lcpl = NULL,
  dcpl = NULL,
  dapl = NULL
)

Arguments

h5loc

An object of class H5IdComponent representing a H5 location identifier (file or group). See H5Fcreate(), H5Fopen(), H5Gcreate(), H5Gopen() to create an object of this kind.

name

Name of the dataset.

dtype_id

A character name of a datatype. See h5const("H5T") for possible datatypes. Can also be an integer representing an HDF5 datatype.

h5space

An object of class H5IdComponent representing a H5 dataspace. See H5Dget_space(), H5Screate_simple(), H5Screate() to create an object of this kind

lcpl, dcpl, dapl

An objects of class H5IdComponent representing HDF5 property lists. Specially these should respectively be: a link creation property list, a dataset creation property list, a dataset access property list

Value

An object of class H5IdComponent representing the opened dataset.