HDF5 Datatypes

C buffer type	HDF5 memory type	HDF5 file type
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                Character types 
                ================

char            H5T_NATIVE_CHAR         H5T_STD_I8BE   
                                        H5T_STD_I8LE
unsigned char   H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR        H5T_STD_U8BE
                                        H5T_STD_U8LE


                Integer types
                ==============

int		H5T_NATIVE_INT		H5T_STD_I32BE
					H5T_STD_I32LE
		
short		H5T_NATIVE_SHORT	H5T_STD_I16BE
					H5T_STD_I16LE
		
long		H5T_NATIVE_LONG		H5T_STD_I32BE
					H5T_STD_I32LE
                                        H5T_STD_I64BE
                                        H5T_STD_I64LE

long long       H5T_NATIVE_LLONG        H5T_STD_I64BE  
                                        H5T_STD_I64LE
		

unsigned int	H5T_NATIVE_UINT		H5T_STD_U32BE
					H5T_STD_U32LE
		
unsigned short	H5T_NATIVE_USHORT	H5T_STD_U16BE
					H5T_STD_U16LE
		
unsigned long	H5T_NATIVE_ULONG	H5T_STD_U32BE
					H5T_STD_U32LE
	                                H5T_STD_U64BE
                                        H5T_STD_I64LE	
unsigned long long                                    
               H5T_NATIVE_ULLONG        H5T_STD_U64BE
                                        H5T_STD_I64LE

                Floating types
                ==============

float		H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT	H5T_IEEE_F32BE
					H5T_IEEE_F32LE
		
double		H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE	H5T_IEEE_F64BE
					H5T_IEEE_F64LE

Last Modified: February 20, 2007