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# This examaple creates an HDF5 file dset.h5 and an empty datasets /dset in it.
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import h5py
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# Create a new file using defaut properties.
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file = h5py.File('dset.h5','w')
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# Create a dataset under the Root group.
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dataset = file.create_dataset("dset",(4, 6), h5py.h5t.STD_I32BE)
print "Dataset dataspace is", dataset.shape
print "Dataset Numpy datatype is", dataset.dtype
print "Dataset name is", dataset.name
print "Dataset is a member of the group", dataset.parent
print "Dataset was created in the file", dataset.file
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# Close the file before exiting
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file.close()