SdsInfo - Return information about an object

Function

Return information about an object

Given the identifier to an object, return the name, type code and dimensions of the object.

void SdsInfo(SdsIdType id, char *name, SdsCodeType *code, long *ndims, unsigned long *dims, StatusType * SDSCONST status)

(">" input, "!" modified, "W" workspace, "<" output)

>	id	SdsIdType	The identifier to the data object.
<	name	char*	The name of the data object. A pointer to a character string with space for at least 16 characters should be used.
<	code	SdsCodeType*	The type code for the object. One of the following values (defined in sds.h):

`SDS_STRUCT`	Structure
`SDS_CHAR`	Character
`SDS_BYTE`	Signed byte
`SDS_UBYTE`	Unsigned byte
`SDS_SHORT`	Signed short integer
`SDS_USHORT`	Unsigned short integer
`SDS_INT`	Signed long integer
`SDS_UINT`	Unsigned long integer
`SDS_I64`	Signed 64 bit integer
`SDS_UI64`	Unsigned 64 bit integer
`SDS_FLOAT`	Floating point
`SDS_DOUBLE`	Double precision floating point

<	ndims	long*	The number of dimensions if the object is a primitive or structure array.
<	dims	unsigned long*	The dimensions of the data. An array of size at least 7 should be allowed to receive this.
`!`	status	StatusType*	Modified status. Possible failure codes are:

`SDS__BADID`	The identifier is invalid

None.

Jeremy Bailey, {AAO}

18-Oct-91

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