Scientific Data Formats: Hierarchical Data Format - HDF5

H5S_GET_SIMPLE_EXTENT_NDIMS

The H5S_GET_SIMPLE_EXTENT_NDIMS function determines the number of dimensions (or rank) of a dataspace.

Syntax

Result = H5S_GET_SIMPLE_EXTENT_NDIMS(Dataspace_id)

Return Value

Returns the number of dimensions.

Arguments

Dataspace_id

An integer representing the dataspace's identifier to be queried.

Keywords

None

Version History

See Also

H5S_GET_SIMPLE_EXTENT_DIMS, H5S_GET_SIMPLE_EXTENT_NPOINTS, H5S_GET_SIMPLE_EXTENT_TYPE

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