ncdigest V1 #1119

[Quincey Koziol]

Hi Jeff,

On Aug 8, 2007, at 10:25 PM, ncdigest wrote:

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> ncdigest          Wednesday, August 8 2007          Volume 01 :  
> Number 1119
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> Today's Topics:
> arrays of fixed-length strings
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> Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:26:40 -0600
> From: Jeff Whitaker <jswhit at fastmail.fm>
> Subject: arrays of fixed-length strings
>
> In netcdf-4.0, I don't see how to create variables which are arrays of
> strings with length > 1.  I see how to create arrays of
> single-characters, and arrays of variable-length strings, but not
> strings of a specified length.
>
> Am I missing something, or is this not supported by HDF5?

	Yes, fixed-length arrays are supported in HDF5.  You need to use  
something like the following HDF5 calls:

	tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
	H5Tset_size(tid, <string length>);

	Quincey
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