import numpy as np

import tables as tb

fileh = tb.open_file("earray1.h5", mode="w")
a = tb.StringAtom(itemsize=8)
# Use ``a`` as the object type for the enlargeable array.
array_c = fileh.create_earray(fileh.root, "array_c", a, (0,), "Chars")
array_c.append(np.array(["a" * 2, "b" * 4], dtype="S8"))
array_c.append(np.array(["a" * 6, "b" * 8, "c" * 10], dtype="S8"))

# Read the string ``EArray`` we have created on disk.
for s in array_c:
    print(f"array_c[{array_c.nrow}] => {s!r}")
# Close the file.
fileh.close()
