Read data with ILNumerics.IO.HDF5 - ilnumerics

Question

I try ILNumerics.IO.HDF5 and can not read the following data:
Variable length strings in Datasets and Attributes.
Datasets with variable length arrays. Each cell contain a array of numbers, which are histograms.
Compound data, ie. Datasets with structs containing some numbers.
In HDFView 2.10.1 I can read this data:
https://anonfiles.com/file/13756916026cafc4e4ec7c333f235bda
How can I use ILNumerics.IO.HDF5 with this data?
I found an other post with suggestion to read string as char.
But with the variable length string an exception is thrown: "Error reading data from the attribute!"
var file = new H5File("test.h5");
H5Dataset ds1 = file.First<H5Dataset>("Wind");
var att = ds1.Attributes["Aggregator"];
var value = att.Get<char>();

Answer 1

Could you provide more info on how you write the string attributes and what exactly is the issue. When you say 'can not read',Do you get a null return value or do you get an exception.
I write strings as attributes in my application and it works fine. I am guessing there could be a problem in the way you write the string. As per Haymo's suggestion, I convert the string into char array and write as attribute. Here is the sample code
private ILRetArray<Char> ConvertStringToArray(string str)
{
using (ILScope.Enter())
{
ILArray<Char> A = ILMath.array<Char>(' ', 1, str.Length);
for (int i = 0; i < str.Length; i++)
{
A.SetValue(str[i], 0, i);
}
return A;
}
}
Test Case :
using (var file = new H5File("testwrite.h5"))
{
var ds = new H5Dataset("data", ILMath.rand(10,10));
file.Add(ds);
string teststr = "Test string";
ILArray<char> charStr = ConvertStringToArray(mystr);
ds.Attributes.Add(new H5Attribute("mystring",charStr));
//Read back the dataset and its attributes
var group = file.Find<H5Dataset>("data").First();
ILArray<Char> storedData = group.Attributes["mystring"].Get<Char>();
}