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List of Examples


Introduction to HDF

HDF Fundamentals

Scientific Data Sets (SD API)

EXAMPLE 1.- Creating an HDF file and an Empty SDS.

EXAMPLE 2.- Writing to an SDS.

EXAMPLE 3.- Writing a Slab of Data to an SDS.

EXAMPLE 4.- Altering Values within an SDS Array.

EXAMPLE 5.- Appending Data to an SDS Array with an Unlimited Dimension.

EXAMPLE 6.- Compressing SDS Data.

EXAMPLE 7.- Moving Data to the External File.

EXAMPLE 8.- Reading from an SDS.

EXAMPLE 9.- Reading Subsets of an SDS.

EXAMPLE 10.- Getting Information about a File and an SDSs.

EXAMPLE 11.- Locating an SDS by Its Name.

EXAMPLE 12.- Setting and Retrieving Dimension Information.

EXAMPLE 13.- Distinguishing a Dimension Scale from a Data Set in a File.

EXAMPLE 14.- Setting Attributes.

EXAMPLE 15.- Reading Attributes.

EXAMPLE 16.- Calibrating Data.

EXAMPLE 17.- Writing and Reading a Chunked SDS.

Vdatas (VS API)

EXAMPLE 1.- Accessing a Vdata in an HDF File

EXAMPLE 2.- Creating and Storing One-field Vdatas Using VHstoredata and VHstoredatam

EXAMPLE 3.- Writing a Vdata of Homogeneous Type

EXAMPLE 4.- Writing a Multi-field and Mixed-type Vdata with Packing

EXAMPLE 5.- Reading a Vdata of Homogeneous Type

EXAMPLE 6.- Reading a Multi-field and Mixed-type Vdata with Packing

EXAMPLE 7.- Locating a Vdata Containing Specified Field Names

EXAMPLE 8.- Operations on Field and Vdata Attributes

EXAMPLE 9.- Obtaining Vdata Information

Vgroups (V API)

EXAMPLE 1.- Creating HDF Files and Vgroups

EXAMPLE 2.- Adding an SDS to a New Vgroup

EXAMPLE 3.- Adding Three Vdatas into a Vgroup

EXAMPLE 4.- Obtaining Information about Lone Vgroups

EXAMPLE 5.- Operations on Vgroup Attributes

EXAMPLE 6.- Obtaining Information about the Contents of a Vgroup

8-Bit Raster Images (DFR8 API)

EXAMPLE 1.- Writing an 8-Bit Raster Image to an HDF File

EXAMPLE 2.- Writing a Palette and an Image in RIS8 Format

EXAMPLE 3.- Writing a Set of Compressed 8-Bit Raster Images

EXAMPLE 4.- Compressing and Writing a 8-Bit Raster Image

EXAMPLE 5.- Reading an 8-Bit Raster Image

24-bit Raster Images (DF24 API)

EXAMPLE 1.- Writing a 24-Bit Raster Image to an HDF File

EXAMPLE 2.- Writing 24-Bit Raster Images Using Scan-plane Interlacing

EXAMPLE 3.- Compressing and Writing a 24-Bit Raster Image

EXAMPLE 4.- Reading a 24-Bit Raster Image from an HDF File

General Raster Images (GR API)

EXAMPLE 1.- Creating and Writing a Raster Image

EXAMPLE 2.- Modifying an Existing Raster Image

EXAMPLE 3.- Reading a Raster Image.

EXAMPLE 4.- Obtaining File and Image Information.

EXAMPLE 5.- Operations on File and Raster Image Attributes.

EXAMPLE 6.- Obtaining File and Image Attribute.

EXAMPLE 7.- Writing a Palette.

EXAMPLE 8.- Reading a Palette.

Palettes (DFP API)

EXAMPLE 1.- Writing a Palette

EXAMPLE 2.- Reading a Palette

Annotations (AN API)

EXAMPLE 1.- Creating File and Data Annotations

EXAMPLE 2.- Reading File and Data Annotations

EXAMPLE 3.- Obtaining Annotation Information

Single-file Annotations (DFAN API)

EXAMPLE 1.- Writing a File Label and a File Description

EXAMPLE 2.- Writing an Object Label and Description to a Scientific Data Set

EXAMPLE 3.- Reading a File Label and a File Description

EXAMPLE 4.- Reading an Object Label and Description

EXAMPLE 5.- Getting a List of Labels for All Scientific Data Sets

Single-File Scientific Data Sets (DFSD API)

EXAMPLE 1.- Creating and Writing to a DFSD Scientific Data Set

EXAMPLE 2.- Reading from a DFSD Scientific Data Set

EXAMPLE 3.- Assigning Predefined String Attributes to a File

EXAMPLE 4.- Reading a Data Set and its Attribute Record

Error Reporting

EXAMPLE 1.- Writing Errors to a Console Window

HDF Performance Issues

HDF Command-line Utilities



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HDF User's Guide - 05/19/99, NCSA HDF Development Group.