Dataset

Many dataset operations are available through the indexing interface, which is aliased to the functional interface. Below describes the functional interface.

HDF5.create_dataset — Function

create_dataset(parent, path, datatype, dataspace; properties...)

Arguments

parent - File or Group
path - String describing the path of the dataset within the HDF5 file
datatype - Datatype or Type or the dataset
dataspace - Dataspace or Dims of the dataset
properties - keyword name-value pairs set properties of the dataset

Keywords

There are many keyword properties that can be set. Below are a few select keywords.

chunk - Dims describing the size of a chunk. Needed to apply filters.
filters - AbstractVector{<: Filters.Filter} describing the order of the filters to apply to the data. See Filters
external - Tuple{AbstractString, Intger, Integer} (filepath, offset, filesize) External dataset file location, data offset, and file size. See API.h5p_set_external.