Contents

1 Definition of SDDS Protocol
 1.1 Structure of the SDDS Header
  1.1.1 Data Set Description
  1.1.2 Tabular-Data Column Definition
  1.1.3 Parameter Definition
  1.1.4 Array Data Definition
  1.1.5 Header File Include Specification
  1.1.6 Data Mode and Arrangement Defintion
  1.1.7 Version Differences
 1.2 Structure of SDDS ASCII Data Pages
 1.3 Structure of SDDS Binary Data Pages
2 Overview of Library Routines
 2.1 Input Routines
  2.1.1 Setup
  2.1.2 Determining File Contents
  2.1.3 Column Selection
  2.1.4 Row Selection
  2.1.5 Access to Tabular Data
  2.1.6 Access to Array Data
  2.1.7 Access to Parameter Data
 2.2 Output Routines
  2.2.1 Setup
  2.2.2 Defining Data Set Elements
  2.2.3 Defining Data Table Elements
  2.2.4 Output
 2.3 Error Handling and Utilities
3 Two Templates for SDDS Application Organization
 3.1 Accessing Data Stored in an SDDS File
 3.2 SDDS Output of Internally-Generated Data
4 Manual Pages
 4.1 SDDS_ArrayCount
 4.2 SDDS_CastValue
 4.3 SDDS_CheckArray
 4.4 SDDS_CheckColumn
 4.5 SDDS_CheckParameter
 4.6 SDDS_ClearErrors
 4.7 SDDS_ColumnCount
 4.8 SDDS_ConvertToDouble
 4.9 SDDS_ConvertToLong
 4.10 SDDS_ConvertToLongDouble
 4.11 SDDS_CopyArrays
 4.12 SDDS_CopyColumns
 4.13 SDDS_CopyLayout
 4.14 SDDS_CopyParameters
 4.15 SDDS_CopyRowDirect
 4.16 SDDS_CopyRowsOfInterest
 4.17 SDDS_CopyTable
 4.18 SDDS_CountRowsOfInterest
 4.19 SDDS_DisconnectFile
 4.20 SDDS_DefineArray
 4.21 SDDS_DefineColumn
 4.22 SDDS_DefineParameter
 4.23 SDDS_DefineParameter1
 4.24 SDDS_DefineSimpleColumn
 4.25 SDDS_DefineSimpleColumns
 4.26 SDDS_DefineSimpleParameter
 4.27 SDDS_DefineSimpleParameters
 4.28 SDDS_DeleteColumn
 4.29 SDDS_DeleteParameter
 4.30 SDDS_DeleteUnsetColumns
 4.31 SDDS_DeleteUnsetRows
 4.32 SDDS_FilterRowsOfInterest
 4.33 SDDS_FindArray
 4.34 SDDS_FindColumn
 4.35 SDDS_FindParameter
 4.36 SDDS_GetArray
 4.37 SDDS_GetArrayDefinition
 4.38 SDDS_GetArrayInDoubles
 4.39 SDDS_GetArrayInLong
 4.40 SDDS_GetArrayIndex
 4.41 SDDS_GetArrayInformation
 4.42 SDDS_GetArrayNames
 4.43 SDDS_GetArrayType
 4.44 SDDS_GetColumn
 4.45 SDDS_GetColumnDefinition
 4.46 SDDS_GetColumnInDoubles
 4.47 SDDS_GetColumnInFloats
 4.48 SDDS_GetColumnInLong
 4.49 SDDS_GetColumnInShort
 4.50 SDDS_GetColumnIndex
 4.51 SDDS_GetColumnInformation
 4.52 SDDS_GetColumnNames
 4.53 SDDS_GetColumnType
 4.54 SDDS_GetMatrixFromColumn
 4.55 SDDS_GetMatrixOfRows
 4.56 SDDS_GetParameter
 4.57 SDDS_GetParameterAsDouble
 4.58 SDDS_GetParameterAsLong
 4.59 SDDS_GetParameterAsLongDouble
 4.60 SDDS_GetParameterAsString
 4.61 SDDS_GetParameterByIndex
 4.62 SDDS_GetParameterDefinition
 4.63 SDDS_GetParameterIndex
 4.64 SDDS_GetParameterInformation
 4.65 SDDS_GetParameterNames
 4.66 SDDS_GetParameterType
 4.67 SDDS_GetRow
 4.68 SDDS_GetTypeSize
 4.69 SDDS_GetValue
 4.70 SDDS_InitializeAppend
 4.71 SDDS_InitializeAppendToPage
 4.72 SDDS_InitializeCopy
 4.73 SDDS_InitializeHeaderlessInput
 4.74 SDDS_InitializeInput
 4.75 SDDS_InitializeOutput
 4.76 SDDS_LengthenTable
 4.77 SDDS_Logic
 4.78 SDDS_NumberOfErrors
 4.79 SDDS_ParameterCount
 4.80 SDDS_PrintErrors
 4.81 SDDS_PrintTypedValue
 4.82 SDDS_ReadTable
 4.83 SDDS_ReconnectFile
 4.84 SDDS_RowCount
 4.85 SDDS_SaveLayout
 4.86 SDDS_SetArray
 4.87 SDDS_SetColumn
 4.88 SDDS_SetColumnFlags
 4.89 SDDS_SetColumnFromDoubles
 4.90 SDDS_SetColumnFromLongs
 4.91 SDDS_SetColumnsOfInterest
 4.92 SDDS_SetParameter
 4.93 SDDS_SetParameters
 4.94 SDDS_SetParametersFromDoubles
 4.95 SDDS_SetRowFlags
 4.96 SDDS_SetRowsOfInterest
 4.97 SDDS_SetRowValues
 4.98 SDDS_StartTable
 4.99 SDDS_Terminate
 4.100 SDDS_VerifyArrayExists
 4.101 SDDS_VerifyColumnExists
 4.102 SDDS_VerifyParameterExists
 4.103 SDDS_WriteLayout
 4.104 SDDS_WriteTable