filter_type = plist->getFilter(idx, flags, nelmts, cd_values, namelen, name , filter_info);
 
/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
 * Copyright by The HDF Group.                           *
 * Copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.         *
 * All rights reserved.                              *
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 * terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in    *
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/*
 *  This example illustrates how to create a compressed dataset.
 *  It is used in the HDF5 Tutorial.
 */
#include <iostream>
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
#include <string>
#include "H5Cpp.h"
using namespace H5;
const H5std_string  FILE_NAME("h5tutr_cmprss.h5");
const H5std_string  DATASET_NAME("Compressed_Data");
const int   DIM0 = 100;
const int   DIM1 = 20;
int main (void)
{
    hsize_t dims[2] = { DIM0, DIM1 };   // dataset dimensions
    hsize_t chunk_dims[2] = { 20, 20 }; // chunk dimensions
    int     i,j, buf[DIM0][DIM1];
    // Try block to detect exceptions raised by any of the calls inside it
    try
    {
    // Turn off the auto-printing when failure occurs so that we can
    // handle the errors appropriately
    Exception::dontPrint();
    // Create a new file using the default property lists. 
    H5File file(FILE_NAME, H5F_ACC_TRUNC);
    // Create the data space for the dataset.
    DataSpace *dataspace = new DataSpace(2, dims);
    // Modify dataset creation property to enable chunking