Last modified: 28 March 2013
Name: H5Screate_simple
Signature:
hid_t H5Screate_simple( int rank, const hsize_t * current_dims, const hsize_t * maximum_dims )

Purpose:
Creates a new simple dataspace and opens it for access.

Description:
H5Screate_simple creates a new simple dataspace and opens it for access, returning a dataspace identifier.

rank is the number of dimensions used in the dataspace.

current_dims is a one-dimensional array of size rank specifying the size of each dimension of the dataset. maximum_dims is an array of the same size specifying the upper limit on the size of each dimension.

Any element of current_dims can be 0 (zero). Note that no data can be written to a dataset if the size of any dimension of its current dataspace is 0. This is sometimes a useful initial state for a dataset.

maximum_dims may be the null pointer, in which case the upper limit is the same as current_dims. Otherwise, no element of maximum_dims should be smaller than the corresponding element of current_dims.

If an element of maximum_dims is H5S_UNLIMITED, the maximum size of the corresponding dimension is unlimited.

Any dataset with an unlimited dimension must also be chunked; see H5Pset_chunk. Similarly, a dataset must be chunked if current_dims does not equal maximum_dims.

The dataspace identifier returned from this function must be released with H5Sclose or resource leaks will occur.

Parameters:
int rank IN: Number of dimensions of dataspace.
const hsize_t * current_dims IN: Array specifying the size of each dimension.
const hsize_t * maximum_dims     IN: Array specifying the maximum size of each dimension.

Returns:
Returns a dataspace identifier if successful; otherwise returns a negative value.

See Also:
H5Pset_chunk
H5Dset_extent

Fortran90 Interface: h5screate_simple_f
SUBROUTINE h5screate_simple_f(rank, dims, space_id, hdferr, maxdims) 
  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER, INTENT(IN) :: rank             ! Number of dataspace dimensions 
  INTEGER(HSIZE_T), INTENT(IN) :: dims(*) ! Array with current dimension sizes 
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(OUT) :: space_id ! Dataspace identifier 
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr          ! Error code
                                          ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
  INTEGER(HSIZE_T), OPTIONAL, INTENT(IN) :: maxdims(*) 
                                          ! Array with the maximum 
                                          ! dimension sizes 
END SUBROUTINE h5screate_simple_f