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hdf5plugin_blosc_compressed_hdf5_write_read_with_h5py.py

python

This example demonstrates how to use hdf5plugin to write and read a compresse

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hdf5plugin_blosc_compressed_hdf5_write_read_with_h5py.py
1import h5py
2import hdf5plugin
3import numpy
4
5# Create a dummy dataset
6data = numpy.arange(100, dtype=numpy.float64)
7
8# Write a file using the Blosc filter from hdf5plugin
9with h5py.File('test.h5', 'w') as f:
10    f.create_dataset('data', data=data, **hdf5plugin.Blosc(cname='lz4', clevel=9, shuffle=hdf5plugin.Blosc.SHUFFLE))
11
12# Read the file (hdf5plugin must be imported to provide the filters to h5py)
13with h5py.File('test.h5', 'r') as f:
14    res = f['data'][:]
15    print(res)