H5S_GET_SIMPLE_EXTENT_TYPE

The H5S_GET_SIMPLE_EXTENT_TYPE function returns the current class of a dataspace.

Syntax

Result = H5S_GET_SIMPLE_EXTENT_TYPE(Dataspace_id)

Return Value

Returns a string containing the class. Possible values are:

• ‘H5S_SCALAR’
• ‘H5S_SIMPLE’
• ‘H5S_COMPLEX’
• ‘H5S_NO_CLASS’

Arguments

Dataspace_id

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

Keywords

None

Version History

5.6	Introduced

See Also

H5S_GET_SIMPLE_EXTENT_DIMS, H5S_GET_SIMPLE_EXTENT_NDIMS, H5S_GET_SIMPLE_EXTENT_NPOINTS