sidpy.hdf.hdf_utils.get_attr¶

sidpy.hdf.hdf_utils.get_attr(h5_object, attr_name)[source]¶

Returns the attribute from the h5py object

Parameters:

h5_object (h5py.Dataset, h5py.Group or h5py.File) – object whose attribute is desired
attr_name (str) – Name of the attribute of interest

Returns:

att_val – value of attribute, in certain cases (byte strings or list of byte strings) reformatted to readily usable forms

Return type:

object