Keep in mind that if you go with a variable-length type, the data cannot be compressed so your file sizes will be larger.
Dana Robinson Software Engineer The HDF Group From: Hdf-forum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven Walton Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 12:35 PM To: HDF Users Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: [Hdf-forum] Irregular 2D array write (C++) So I'm wondering if there is a good way to write an irregular shaped 2D array into hdf5. And example of this would be like storing vtk node connections for an unstructured grid. First number noting the cell type and the next numbers denoting the nodes. 9 23 41 54 12 9 46 29 19 60 5 93 18 58 5 29 58 17 9 50 38 58 95 So the array has some rows that are length 5 and others that are length 4 (or arbitrary). I understand how to do this with C++ vectors and push_back, but those don't create contiguous arrays. Is there another way to create this in a way that HDF would accept? -Steven
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