Function Reference: H5T.array_create

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: type_id = H5T.array_create (base_type_id, dims)
: type_id = H5T.array_create (base_type_id, rank, dims)

Create a new array datatype object.

base_type_id is the datatype of every element of the array, i.e., of the number at each position in the array.

rank is the number of dimensions and the size of each dimension is specified in the array dims. The value of rank is currently limited to 'H5S_MAX_RANK' and must be greater than 0 (zero). All dimension sizes specified in dims must be greater than 0 (zero).

See also: H5T.close

Source Code: H5T.array_create