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Re: Reading HDF5 Variable [message #42504 is a reply to message #42503]

Mon, 14 February 2005 13:18

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Kenneth Bowman writes:

> I think the short answer is "no".
>
> At the risk of starting a flame war, the netCDF interface (about 25
> functions) seems to have been written by scientists for scientists,
> while the HDF interface appears to have been written by programmers for
> programmers (hundreds(?) of functions).
>
> Admittedly, HDF files are more flexible than netCDF files, but the user
> interface is much more complex. The HDF files that I have seen don't
> appear to use any of the features that are not in the netCDF interface.
>
> Your best bet is to find some sample code that reads your HDF files.

After I stopped panicking, I realized that the h5_browser
was written in the IDL language. 15 minutes of fooling
around with that got me what I was looking for, although
I am no further ahead with understanding the format. :-(

Cheers,

David

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		Re: Reading HDF5 Variable By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Mon, 14 February 2005 13:35
		Re: Reading HDF5 Variable By: Michael Wallace on Mon, 14 February 2005 13:19
		Re: Reading HDF5 Variable By: Michael Wallace on Mon, 14 February 2005 13:13
		Re: Reading HDF5 Variable By: David Fanning on Mon, 14 February 2005 13:18
		Re: Reading HDF5 Variable By: K. Bowman on Mon, 14 February 2005 12:41
		Re: Reading HDF5 Variable By: Michael Wallace on Mon, 14 February 2005 13:40

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