H5T.get_member_name

Name of compound or enumeration type member

Syntax

name = H5T.get_member_name(type_id,membno)

Description

name = H5T.get_member_name(type_id,membno) returns the name of a field of a compound data type or an element of an enumeration data type. type_id is a data type identifier. membno is a zero-based index of the field or element whose name is to be retrieved.

Examples

Determine the name of the first field of a compound dataset.

fid = H5F.open('example.h5');
dset_id = H5D.open(fid,'/g3/compound');
dtype_id = H5D.get_type(dset_id);
member_name = H5T.get_member_name(dtype_id,0);