Check if an HDF5 Object is a Dataset — h5_is_dataset • h5lite

Checks if the object at a given path is a dataset.

Usage

h5_is_dataset(file, name, attr = NULL)

Arguments

file: The path to the HDF5 file.
name: The full path of the object to check.
attr: The name of an attribute. If provided, the function returns TRUE if the attribute exists, as all attributes are considered datasets in HDF5 context. (Default: NULL)

Value

A logical value: TRUE if the object exists and is a dataset, FALSE otherwise (if it is a group, or does not exist).

See also

h5_is_group(), h5_exists()

Examples

file <- tempfile(fileext = ".h5")

h5_write(1, file, "dset")
h5_is_dataset(file, "dset") # TRUE
#> [1] TRUE

h5_create_group(file, "grp")
h5_is_dataset(file, "grp") # FALSE
#> [1] FALSE

h5_write(1, file, "grp", attr = "my_attr")
h5_is_dataset(file, "grp", "my_attr") # TRUE
#> [1] TRUE

unlink(file)