The H5A_OPEN_NAME function opens an existing attribute by the name of that attribute within an HDF5 file.

Syntax

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Result = H5A_OPEN_NAME(Loc_id, Name)

Return Value

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Returns the attribute’s identifier number.

Arguments

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Loc_id

An integer representing the identifier of the group, dataset, or named datatype containing the attribute within.

Name

A string representing the name of the attribute to be accessed.

Keywords

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None

Version History

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5.6	Introduced

See Also

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H5A_OPEN_IDX, H5A_CLOSE