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matlab.io.hdf4.sd.setDataStrs

Namespace: matlab.io.hdf4.sd

Set predefined attributes for dataset

Syntax

setDataStrs(sdsID,label,unit,format,coordsys)

Description

setDataStrs(sdsID,label,unit,format,coordsys) sets the predefined attributes 'long_name', 'units', 'format', and 'coordsys' for a dataset.

This function corresponds to the SDsetdatastrs function in the HDF library C API.

Examples

import matlab.io.hdf4.*
sdID = sd.start('myfile.hdf','create');
sdsID = sd.create(sdID,'temperature','double',[10 20]);
sd.setDataStrs(sdsID,'degrees_celsius','degrees_east','','geo');
sd.endAccess(sdsID);
sd.close(sdID);