The H5T_GET_ORDER function returns the byte order of an atomic datatype.

Syntax

Result = H5T_GET_ORDER(Datatype_id)

Return Value

Returns a string representing the byte order. Possible values are:

  • ‘LE’: Little endian
  • ‘BE’: Big endian
  • ‘VAX’: VAX mixed ordering
  • ‘NONE’
  • ‘ERROR’

Arguments

Datatype_id

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

Keywords

None

Version History

5.6

Introduced

See Also

H5T_GET_INPAD, H5T_GET_PAD, H5T_GET_PRECISION