6.50 SDDS_GetColumnInFloats

• name:
  SDDS_GetColumnInFloats
• description:
  Returns an array of single-precision values containing the data in a specified column, provided the column contains numerical data. Integer data types are properly cast to single precision.
• synopsis: #include ”SDDS.h”
  float *SDDS_GetColumnInFloats(SDDS_TABLE *SDDS_table, char *column_name)
• arguments:
  • SDDS_table: Address of the SDDS_TABLE structure for the data set.
  • column_name: A NULL-terminated character string giving the name of the column for which data is desired.
• return value:
  On success, returns the address of a newly-allocated array of float’s containing the data. On failure, returns NULL and records an error message.
• see also:
  • SDDS_CastValue
  • SDDS_ConvertToDouble
  • SDDS_GetColumn
  • SDDS_GetColumnInLong
  • SDDS_NumberOfErrors
  • SDDS_PrintErrors
  • SDDS_PrintTypedValue