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/*  Create and Write to a Dataset.                             */
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1  #include "hdf5.h"
2  #define FILE "dset.h5"

3  int main() {

4    hid_t       file_id, dataset_id, dataspace_id;  /* identifiers */
5    hsize_t     dims[2];
6    herr_t      status;
7    int         i, j, dset_data[4][6];

     /* Initialize the dataset. */
8    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
9       for (j = 0; j < 6; j++)
10         dset_data[i][j] = i * 6 + j + 1;


     /* Create a new file using default properties. */
11   file_id = H5Fcreate(FILE, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);

     /* Create the data space for the dataset. */
12   dims[0] = 4; 
13   dims[1] = 6; 
14   dataspace_id = H5Screate_simple(2, dims, NULL);

     /* Create the dataset. */
15   dataset_id = H5Dcreate(file_id, "/dset", H5T_STD_I32BE, dataspace_id,  
                            H5P_DEFAULT);

     /* Write the dataset. */
16   status = H5Dwrite(dataset_id, H5T_NATIVE_INT, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, 
                       dset_data);

     /* Terminate access to the dataspace, dataset, file */
17   status = H5Sclose(dataspace_id);
18   status = H5Dclose(dataset_id);
19   status = H5Fclose(file_id);

20 }