Get and set the type of storage used to store the raw data for a dataset — H5P_layout • rhdf5

Possible options for the layout argument are:

H5D_COMPACT
H5D_CONTIGUOUS
H5D_CHUNKED
H5D_VIRTUAL

Usage

H5Pset_layout(h5plist, layout = h5default("H5D"))

H5Pget_layout(h5plist)

Arguments

h5plist: An object of class H5IdComponent representing a dataset creation property list.
layout: A character giving the name of a dataset layout type.

Details

The names of the layout types can also be obtained via h5const("H5D").