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Opens an existing dataset.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared Function open ( _
	groupOrFileId As H5LocId, _
	dataSetName As String _
) As H5DataSetId
C#
public static H5DataSetId open (
	H5LocId groupOrFileId,
	string dataSetName
)
C++
public:
static H5DataSetId^ open (
	H5LocId^ groupOrFileId, 
	String^ dataSetName
)

Parameters

groupOrFileId (H5LocId)
IN: Identifier of the file or group within which the dataset to be accessed will be found.
dataSetName (String)
IN: The name of the dataset to access.

Remarks

H5Dopen opens an existing dataset for access in the file or group specified in groupOrFileId. name is a dataset name and is used to identify the dataset in the file.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
HDF5DotNet.H5DopenException throws H5DopenException on failure.