User`s guide

Programming
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• hdf5info is not recommended. Use h5info instead.
Two New Functions Added to CDFLIB Package
The MATLAB interface to the CDF library now includes the following new functions.
• cdflib.setFileBackward — Sets the backward compatibility mode. If the backward
mode is set to on, files created can be read by clients using version 2.7 of the library
• cdflib.getFileBackward — Return the current backward compatibility mode setting.
HDF4 Functions Grouped into Packages
The MATLAB HDF4 low-level functions and HDF EOS functions are now grouped into
three new packages:
• matlab.io.hdf4.sd — access to more than 50 functions in the HDF library SD
interface
• matlab.io.hdfeos.gd — access to more than 50 functions in the HDF-EOS library
grid interface
• matlab.io.hdfeos.sw — access to more than 50 functions in the HDF-EOS library
swath interface
For example, MATLAB previously included one function, hdfsd, that you used
to call all the routines in the HDF library SD interface. Now, the new package
matlab.io.hdf4.sd contains many individual functions that correspond to routines in
the HDF SD Interface C library.
FITSREAD Function Now Supports Data Subsetting
The MATLAB fitsread function now supports data subsetting by using several new
options: PixelRegion, TableColumns, and TableRows.
Unrecognized Name Warning Changed to Error
In earlier releases of MATLAB, a statement in which an unrecognized (e.g., misspelled)
name immediately follows a function name and dot (.) results in a warning instead of an
error. Here is the format this type of statement:
functionname.unrecognizedname