H4SIZE get size (shape) of a HDF4 variable

Contents

Inputs
Outputs

Inputs

filename: data filename variable: name of variable inside file

Outputs

fsize: vector of variable size per dimension. Empty if scalar variable.

function fsize = h4size(file, variable)
% arguments
%   file
%   variable (1,1) string
% end

finf = hdfinfo(file);
sds = finf.SDS;

i = strcmp({sds.Name}, variable);
if ~any(i)
  error('%s is not an SDS in %s', variable, file)
end

fsize = [sds(i).Dims.Size];

end