dataset = H5Dcreate2(file, DATASETNAME, s1_tid, space, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
 
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/*
 * This example shows how to create a compound data type,
 * write an array which has the compound data type to the file,
 * and read back fields' subsets.
 */
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "hdf5.h"
#include "rest_vol_public.h"
#define H5FILE_NAME          "SDScompound.h5"
#define FILE_NAME_MAX_LENGTH 256
#define DATASETNAME   "ArrayOfStructures"
#define LENGTH        10
#define RANK          1
int
main(void)
    /* First structure  and dataset*/
    typedef struct s1_t {
    int    a;
    float  b;
    double c;
    } s1_t;
    s1_t       s1[LENGTH];
    hid_t      s1_tid;     /* File datatype identifier */
    /* Second structure (subset of s1_t)  and dataset*/
    typedef struct s2_t {
    double c;
    int    a;
    } s2_t;
    s2_t       s2[LENGTH];