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H5T_GET_SIZE

Syntax | Return Value | Arguments | Keywords | Version History | See Also

The H5T_GET_SIZE function returns the size of a datatype in bytes.

Syntax

Result = H5T_GET_SIZE(Datatype_id)

Return Value

Represents the size (in bytes) of the first element found within the datatype.


Note
When H5T_GET_SIZE is given a datatype containing a string, it will return the number of characters + 1.

Arguments

Datatype_id

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

Keywords

None

Version History

5.6
Introduced

See Also

H5T_GET_CLASS, H5T_GET_SUPER

  IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)