Hi Ed,
Here is a small example that I hope will give you an idea how to use
H5Tget_order to get information you need:
#include "hdf5.h"
int main() {
H5T_order_t order;
hid_t type;
order = H5Tget_order(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
printf("order is %d \n", order);
type = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_I32LE);
order = H5Tget_order(type);
printf("order is %d \n", order);
H5Tclose(type);
}
If you run it on AIX system (big-endian) you will get
order is 1
order is 0
where 1 stands for big-endian, and 0 stands for little-endian
H5Tget_native_type is used to construct memory type from the file type
avoiding building the memory type from scratch (finding class, size,
precision, etc). It is a short cut. In general user still has to know the
size and the type of the buffer to read data in.
Elena
At 05:49 AM 9/28/2006 -0600, Ed Hartnett wrote:
Howdy all!
I have a HDF5 question.
I see that the function H5Tget_order can tell me if a type is big or
little endian.
But is there a way to tell if a type is native endian for that
machine?
What is H5Tget_native_type all about? Is this it's purpose? To tell me
if a type is native?
They I could use H5Tget_order to find if something is big or little
endian, and then somehow get_native_type to tell whether this is the
native endianness for the machine?
Is that it?
Thanks!
Ed
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