Scientific Data Formats: Hierarchical Data Format - HDF5

H5A_OPEN_NAME

The H5A_OPEN_NAME function opens an existing attribute by the name of that attribute within an HDF5 file.

Syntax

Result = H5A_OPEN_NAME(Loc_id, Name)

Return Value

Returns the attribute's identifier number.

Arguments

Loc_id

An integer representing the identifier of the group, dataset, or named datatype containing the attribute within.

Name

A string representing the name of the attribute to be accessed.

Keywords

None

Version History

See Also

H5A_OPEN_IDX, H5A_CLOSE

  IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)