h5attr Create an attribute h5attr(obj, location, name, data [, targetType]) h5attr(filename, location, name, data [, targetType]) obj a H5Object location a string giving the location in the object or in the file name a string giving the path to the new dataset data a Scilab data targetType a string giving the type of the target filename a string giving the filename Create a new named attribute based on the Scilab data passed as argument. The target HDF5 type can be chosen in the list available in the HDF5 manual. Examples of this HDF5 type are "H5T_MIPS_U32" or "H5T_STD_B64BE", but shortcuts as "MIPS_U32" or "STD_B64BE" can also be used. An attribute can be located in a group or in a dataset h5group h5dataset 5.5.0 HDF5 module introduced.