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HDF5 Last Updated on 2025-10-17
The HDF5 Field Guide
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Alternative Floating Point Datatypes

Detailed Description

Alternative (non-IEEE) floating point types.

Predefined Alternative Floating Point Datatypes
Datatype Description
H5T_FLOAT_BFLOAT16BE 16-bit big-endian bfloat16 floating point
H5T_FLOAT_BFLOAT16LE 16-bit little-endian bfloat16 floating point

Macros

#define H5T_FLOAT_BFLOAT16BE   (H5OPEN H5T_FLOAT_BFLOAT16BE_g)
 
#define H5T_FLOAT_BFLOAT16LE   (H5OPEN H5T_FLOAT_BFLOAT16LE_g)
 

Macro Definition Documentation

◆ H5T_FLOAT_BFLOAT16BE

#define H5T_FLOAT_BFLOAT16BE   (H5OPEN H5T_FLOAT_BFLOAT16BE_g)

16-bit big-endian bfloat16 floating-point numbers

◆ H5T_FLOAT_BFLOAT16LE

#define H5T_FLOAT_BFLOAT16LE   (H5OPEN H5T_FLOAT_BFLOAT16LE_g)

16-bit little-endian bfloat16 floating-point numbers