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VSfind/vsffnd

int32 VSfind(int32 file_id, char *vdata_name)

file_id IN:

File identifier returned by Hopen

vdata_name IN:

Name of the vdata

Purpose

Returns the reference number of a vdata, given its name.

Return value

Returns the vdata reference number if successful and 0 if the vdata is not found or an error occurs.

Description

VSfind returns the reference number of the vdata with the name specified by the parameter vdata_name in the file specified by the parameter file_id. If there is more than one vdata with the same name, VSfind will only find the reference number of the first vdata in the file with that name.

FORTRAN

integer function vsffnd(file_id, vdata_name)

integer file_id

character*(*) vdata_name



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HDF Reference Manual - 07/29/98, NCSA HDF Development Group.