H5T_FLOAT-class: Class for HDF5 floating point datatypes.

In hdf5r: Interface to the 'HDF5' Binary Data Format

Class for HDF5 floating point datatypes.

Description

Inherits from class H5T. Users should not create float types with this class, but instead use e.g. h5types$H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE. Using the functions of this class, many aspects of the representation of the floating point number can then be manipulated.

Value

Object of class H5T_FLOAT.

Methods

set_fields(spos, epos, esize, mpos, msize)

This function implements the HDF5-API function H5Tset_fields. Please see the documentation at https://support.hdfgroup.org/documentation/hdf5/latest/group___h5_t.html for details.

get_fields()

This function implements the HDF5-API function H5Tget_fields. Please see the documentation at https://support.hdfgroup.org/documentation/hdf5/latest/group___h5_t.html for details.

set_ebias(ebias)

This function implements the HDF5-API function H5Tset_ebias. Please see the documentation at https://support.hdfgroup.org/documentation/hdf5/latest/group___h5_t.html for details.

get_ebias()

This function implements the HDF5-API function H5Tget_ebias. Please see the documentation at https://support.hdfgroup.org/documentation/hdf5/latest/group___h5_t.html for details.

set_norm(norm)

This function implements the HDF5-API function H5Tset_norm. Please see the documentation at https://support.hdfgroup.org/documentation/hdf5/latest/group___h5_t.html for details.

get_norm()

This function implements the HDF5-API function H5Tget_norm. Please see the documentation at https://support.hdfgroup.org/documentation/hdf5/latest/group___h5_t.html for details.

set_inpad(inpad)

This function implements the HDF5-API function H5Tset_inpad. Please see the documentation at https://support.hdfgroup.org/documentation/hdf5/latest/group___h5_t.html for details.

get_inpad()

This function implements the HDF5-API function H5Tget_inpad. Please see the documentation at https://support.hdfgroup.org/documentation/hdf5/latest/group___h5_t.html for details.

describe()

Print a detailed description of the datatype; this is experimental

Author(s)

Holger Hoefling

See Also

H5T

hdf5r documentation built on April 4, 2025, 2:38 a.m.