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+/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
+ * Copyright by The HDF Group.						     *
+ * Copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.	     *
+ * All rights reserved.							     *
+ *	                                                                     *
+ * This file is part of HDF5.  The full HDF5 copyright notice, including     *
+ * terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in    *
+ * the COPYING file, which can be found at the root of the source code       *
+ * distribution tree, or in https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases.  *
+ * If you do not have access to either file, you may request a copy from     *
+ * help@hdfgroup.org.                                                        *
+ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
+
+/*
+ *  This example illustrates how to create a dataset that is a 4 x 6
+ *  array. It is used in the HDF5 Tutorial.
+ */
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include "H5Cpp.h"
+using namespace H5;
+
+const H5std_string	FILE_NAME("h5tutr_dset.h5");
+const H5std_string	DATASET_NAME("dset");
+const int	 NX = 4;                     // dataset dimensions
+const int	 NY = 6;
+const int	 RANK = 2;
+
+int main (void)
+{
+    // Try block to detect exceptions raised by any of the calls inside it
+    try
+    {
+	// Turn off the auto-printing when failure occurs so that we can
+	// handle the errors appropriately
+	Exception::dontPrint();
+
+	// Create a new file using the default property lists. 
+	H5File file(FILE_NAME, H5F_ACC_TRUNC);
+
+	// Create the data space for the dataset.
+	hsize_t dims[2];               // dataset dimensions
+	dims[0] = NX;
+	dims[1] = NY;
+	DataSpace dataspace(RANK, dims);
+
+	// Create the dataset.      
+	DataSet dataset = file.createDataSet(DATASET_NAME, PredType::STD_I32BE, dataspace);
+
+    }  // end of try block
+
+    // catch failure caused by the H5File operations
+    catch(FileIException error)
+    {
+	error.printError();
+	return -1;
+    }
+
+    // catch failure caused by the DataSet operations
+    catch(DataSetIException error)
+    {
+	error.printError();
+	return -1;
+    }
+
+    // catch failure caused by the DataSpace operations
+    catch(DataSpaceIException error)
+    {
+	error.printError();
+	return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;  // successfully terminated
+}
+