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whatSizeIsHdfFormat

int whatSizeIsHdfFormat (const char* format)

Calculates the size in bytes that the specified type takes. The attribute format can be one of char, schar, uchar, short, ushort, int, uint, long, ulong, llong, ullong, float, double, hsize, hssize, herr or hbool. Returns the size in bytes if successful or -1 in case of failure.




2000-08-08