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Author: scivision

+stdlib/h5save.m

@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
 % * A: data to write
 % * opts.size: variable shape -- helps write scalar or vectors especially
 % * opts.type: class of variable e.g. int32, float32
+%
+% The shape of the dataset can be controlled by specifying the "size" argument.
+% This is particularly useful when writing HDF5 files to be used in other programming languages where dimensional shapes are important.
+% Matlab may collapse singleton dimensions otherwise.
+%  h5save(filename, dataset_name, dataset, size=[3,1])
+%
+% Likewise, the type of the dataset may be explicitly specified with the "type" argument.
+%  h5save(filename, dataset_name, dataset, type="int32")
 
 function h5save(filename, varname, A, opts)
 arguments