pyhdf中SD的接口说明原文

笔者近期在使用pyhdf包做相关的数据处理，其中最常用的是其中的SD库。其中相关的说明如下。

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Classes summary
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pyhdf wraps the SD API using different types of python classes::

  SD     HDF SD interface (almost synonymous with the subset of the
         HDF file holding all the SD datasets)
  SDS    scientific dataset
  SDim   dataset dimension
  SDAttr attribute (either at the file, dataset or dimension level)
  SDC    constants (opening modes, data types, etc)

In more detail::

  SD     The SD class implements the HDF SD interface as applied to a given
         file. This class encapsulates the "SD interface" identifier
         (referred to as "sd_id" in the C API documentation), and all
         the SD API top-level functions.

         To create an SD instance, call the SD() constructor.

         methods:
           constructors:
             SD()          open an existing HDF file or create a new one,
                           returning an SD instance
             attr()        create an SDAttr (attribute) instance to access
                           an existing file attribute or create a new one;
                           "dot notation" can also be used to get and set
                           an attribute
             create()      create a new dataset, returning an SDS instance
             select()      locate an existing dataset given its name or
                           index number, returning an SDS instance

           file closing
             end()         end access to the SD interface and close the
                           HDF file

           inquiry
             attributes()  return a dictionary describing every global
                           attribute attached to the H