6.26 SDDS_DefineSimpleColumn

• name:
  SDDS_DefineSimpleColumn
• description:
  Processes a definition of a data column.
• synopsis: #include ”SDDS.h”
  int32_t SDDS_DefineSimpleColumn(SDDS_TABLE *SDDS_table, char *name, char *units, int32_t type)
• arguments:
  • SDDS_table: Address of the SDDS_TABLE structure for the data set.
  • name: A NULL-terminated character string giving the name of the column. Must be supplied.
  • units: A NULL-terminated character string giving the units of the column. If none is desired, pass NULL.
  • type: An integer value specifying the data type of the column. Must be one of the following constants, defined in SDDS.h: SDDS_LONGDOUBLE, SDDS_DOUBLE, SDDS_FLOAT, SDDS_LONG, SDDS_ULONG, SDDS_SHORT, SDDS_USHORT, SDDS_CHARACTER, or SDDS_STRING.
• return value:
  Returns 1 on success. On failure, returns 0 and records an error message.
• see also:
  • SDDS_DefineColumn
  • SDDS_DefineSimpleColumns
  • SDDS_GetColumnDefinition
  • SDDS_GetColumnInformation
  • SDDS_GetColumnNames
  • SDDS_NumberOfErrors
  • SDDS_PrintErrors