H5I_GET_TYPE

Scientific Data Formats: Hierarchical Data Format - HDF5

The H5I_GET_TYPE function returns the object's type.

Result = H5I_GET_TYPE(Obj_id)

Returns a string representing the object type. Possible return values include:

`FILE`

`GROUP`

`DATATYPE`

`DATASPACE`

`DATASET`

`ATTR`

`BADID`

An integer representing the object's identifier for which to return the type.

None


5.6	Introduced

IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)