HDFql Reference Manual v2.6.0
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Manual/6 Language/6.1 Data Types

6.1.17UNSIGNED VARINT

The HDFql UNSIGNED VARINT data type stores values between 0 and 4,294,967,295 and occupies 4 bytes in memory (per element). It represents the data type of an HDF5 (variable-length) H5T_NATIVE_UINT dataset/attribute or of a result set that stores variable-length elements of this type (which can be retrieved using the HDFQL_CURSOR_GET_UNSIGNED_INT and HDFQL_SUBCURSOR_GET_UNSIGNED_INT functions when working with cursors). Depending on the programming language supported by HDFql, the UNSIGNED VARINT data type is represented by:

  • In C, the “unsigned int” data type.
  • In C++, the “unsigned int” data type.
  • In Java25, the “ArrayList<Integer>” class.
  • In Python, the “uint32” NumPy data type.
  • In C#, the “UInt32” data type (or corresponding alias “uint”).
  • In Fortran26, the “INTEGER(KIND = 4)” data type.
  • In R27, the “integer” data type.
  • In MATLAB, the “uint32” data type.

Notes

  1. By design, Java does not support unsigned data types. Therefore, the programmer is responsible for converting a signed number to its equivalent unsigned representation in Java. ↩
  2. Although there have been some efforts to introduce unsigned data types in Fortran, none are currently standardized. Therefore, the programmer is responsible for converting a signed number to its equivalent unsigned representation in Fortran. ↩
  3. By design, R does not support unsigned data types. Therefore, the programmer is responsible for converting a signed number to its equivalent unsigned representation in R. ↩