yt.units.yt_array.YTArray.write_hdf5

YTArray.write_hdf5(filename, dataset_name=None, info=None)[source]

Writes ImageArray to hdf5 file.

Parameters:

filename: string :

The filename to create and write a dataset to

dataset_name: string :

The name of the dataset to create in the file.

info: dictionary :

A dictionary of supplementary info to write to append as attributes to the dataset.

Examples

>>> a = YTArray([1,2,3], 'cm')
>>> myinfo = {'field':'dinosaurs', 'type':'field_data'}
>>> a.write_hdf5('test_array_data.h5', dataset_name='dinosaurs',
...              info=myinfo)