#!/usr/bin/python -tti

print 'creating a file and writing some data to it'

import h5py
f = h5py.File('myfile.h5', 'w')
dset = f.create_dataset('test', (100,100,100), 'i')
dset[...] = 42
f.close()

del f
del dset

print 'file is now closed and all variables are deleted ...'
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print 'reopening file for read access  -- as variable f'

f = h5py.File('myfile.h5', 'r')

print 'type f.items() to look at its contents,'
print 'retrieve the contents, as you would with a dict'
print 'e.g. f[<name of item>]'

print 'you can even access only part of the contents'
print 'use slicing for this:'
print 'e.g. f[<name of item>][23,10:20]'