H5Acreate: Create an attribute for an HDF5 object
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H5Acreate

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Create an attribute for an HDF5 object

Creates an attribute, name, which is attached to the object specified by the identifier h5obj. The attribute name must be unique for the object.

H5Acreate(h5obj, name, dtype_id, h5space)

`h5obj`	An object of class H5IdComponent representing a H5 object identifier (file, group, or dataset). See `H5Fcreate()`, `H5Fopen()`, `H5Gcreate()`, `H5Gopen()`, `H5Dcreate()`, or `H5Dopen()` to create an object of this kind.
`name`	The name of the attribute (character).
`dtype_id`	A character name of a datatype. See `h5const("H5T")` for possible datatypes. Can also be an integer representing an HDF5 datatype. Only simple datatypes are allowed for attributes.
`h5space`	An object of class H5IdComponent representing a H5 dataspace. See `H5Dget_space()`, `H5Screate_simple()`, `H5Screate()` to create an object of this kind.