The H5T_GET_NORM function returns the mantissa normalization of a floating-point datatype.

Syntax

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Result = H5T_GET_NORM(Datatype_id)

Return Value

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Returns a string containing the mantissa normalization. Possible values are:

• ‘IMPLIED’: Most-significant bit of mantissa not stored, always 1
• ‘MSBSET’: Most-significant bit of mantissa is always 1
• ‘NORM’: Mantissa is not normalized
• ‘ERROR’

Arguments

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Datatype_id

An integer representing the datatype’s identifier to be queried.

Keywords

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None

Version History

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5.6	Introduced

See Also

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H5T_GET_FIELDS