6.77 SDDS_InitializeInput

• name:
  SDDS_InitializeInput
• description:
  Initializes a SDDS_TABLE structure for use in reading data from a SDDS file. This involves opening the file and reading the SDDS header.
• synopsis: #include ”SDDS.h”
  int32_t SDDS_InitializeInput(SDDS_TABLE *SDDS_table, char *filename);
• arguments:
  • SDDS_table: Address of the SDDS_TABLE structure for the data set.
  • filename: A NULL-terminated character string giving the name of the file to set up for input.
• return value:
  Returns 1 on success. On failure, returns 0 and records an error message.
• see also:
  • SDDS_InitializeHeaderlessInput
  • SDDS_NumberOfErrors
  • SDDS_PrintErrors
  • SDDS_ReadTable