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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
--------------
* :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
-----------------
.. 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
Meta-info about the h5py project
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.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
whatsnew/index
contributing
faq
licenses