HDF5 for Python
===============

The h5py package is a Pythonic interface to the HDF5 binary data format.

`HDF5 <http://hdfgroup.org>`_ lets you store huge amounts of numerical
data, and easily manipulate that data from NumPy. For example, you can slice
into multi-terabyte datasets stored on disk, as if they were real NumPy
arrays. Thousands of datasets can be stored in a single file, categorized and
tagged however you want.

Where to start
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* :ref:`Quick-start guide <quick>`
* :ref:`Installation <install>`


Other resources
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* `Python and HDF5 O'Reilly book <http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920030249.do>`_
* `Ask questions on the mailing list at Google Groups <http://groups.google.com/d/forum/h5py>`_
* `GitHub project <https://github.com/h5py/h5py>`_


Introductory info
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.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1

    quick
    build


High-level API reference
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.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1

    high/file
    high/group
    high/dataset
    high/attr
    high/dims


Advanced topics
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.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1

    config
    special
    strings
    refs
    mpi
    swmr
    vds


Meta-info about the h5py project
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.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1

    whatsnew/index
    contributing
    faq
    licenses
