matlab.io.hdf4.sd.select

Namespace: matlab.io.hdf4.sd

Identifier of dataset with specified index

Syntax

sdsID = select(sdID,IDX)


Description

sdsID = select(sdID,IDX) returns the identifier of the dataset specified by its index.

This function corresponds to the SDselect function in the HDF C library.

Examples

import matlab.io.hdf4.*
sdID = sd.start('sd.hdf','read');
idx = sd.nameToIndex(sdID,'temperature');
sdsID = sd.select(sdID,idx);
sd.endAccess(sdsID);
sd.close(sdID);