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    <refnamediv>
        <refname>h5group</refname>
        <refpurpose>Create a group</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsynopsisdiv>
        <title>Syntax</title>
        <synopsis>
            h5group(obj, names)
            h5group(filename, names)
        </synopsis>
    </refsynopsisdiv>
    <refsection>
        <title>Arguments</title>
        <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>obj</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>a H5Object</para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>names</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>a matrix of strings giving the names</para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>filename</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>a string giving the filename</para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>
    </refsection>
    <refsection>
        <title>Description</title>
        <para>Create a set of groups.</para>
    </refsection>
    <refsection>
        <title>Examples</title>
        <programlisting role="example"><![CDATA[
// We create a file
a = h5open(TMPDIR + "/test_group.h5", "a");

// We create a set of 10 groups containing 10 subgroups
// Firstly, we create the names
gnames = "Group_" + string(1:10);
sgnames = "SubGroup_" + string(1:10);
names = gnames;
for s=gnames
    names = [names s + "/" + sgnames]
end

// Secondly, we create the groups
h5group(a, names);

// We can check that all is ok
h5ls(a)

// ...and
h5ls(a, "Group_3")

// Free the resources associated to a
h5close(a);
    ]]></programlisting>
    </refsection>
    <refsection role="see also">
        <title>See also</title>
        <simplelist type="inline">
            <member>
                <link linkend="h5group">h5group</link>
            </member>
            <member>
                <link linkend="h5dataset">h5dataset</link>
            </member>
            <member>
                <link linkend="h5attr">h5attr</link>
            </member>
        </simplelist>
    </refsection>
    <refsection>
        <title>History</title>
        <revhistory>
            <revision>
                <revnumber>5.5.0</revnumber>
                <revremark>HDF5 module introduced.</revremark>
            </revision>
        </revhistory>
    </refsection>
</refentry>
