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matlab.io.hdf4.sd.getFillValue

Namespace: matlab.io.hdf4.sd

Fill value for dataset

Syntax

fillvalue = getFillValue(sdsID)

Description

fillvalue = getFillValue(sdsID) returns the fill value for a dataset.

This function corresponds to the SDgetfillvalue function in the HDF library C API.

Examples

import matlab.io.hdf4.*
sdID = sd.start('sd.hdf');
idx = sd.nameToIndex(sdID,'temperature');
sdsID = sd.select(sdID,idx);
fillvalue = sd.getFillValue(sdsID);
sd.endAccess(sdsID);
sd.close(sdID);

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