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addAttributeToCompoundType_fmt

herr_t addAttributeToCompoundType_fmt (hid_t loc_id, const char* name, size_t offset,const char* fmt)

Adds an scalar attribute to a compound type.

Arguments:

loc_id: The type the attribute should be appended to.

name: The name of the attribute.

offset: At what offset in the data does this attribute begin.

fmt: A string describing the format of the datatype, e.g. char, short, ...

Returns a negative value upon failure, otherwise the operation was successful.




2000-08-08