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Opening a Dataset

Function Syntax

Open an existing dataset.

hid_t H5Dopen2( hid_t locId, const char *name, hid_t accessPlistId)

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Value Range

Input/Output

locId

Location identifier, which may be that of a file, group, dataset, named data type, or attribute

Integer

Input

*name

Dataset name

Non-empty string of less than 256 bytes

Input

accessPlistId

Dataset access property list identifier

Integer. The dapl_id parameter is currently not used. Specify H5P_DEFAULT.

Input

Return Value

  • Success: dataset identifier
  • Failure: negative value