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HDF5Array

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HDF5 datasets as array-like objects in R

v1.40.0 · software · Artistic-2.0

Release Lineage

Entered 3.3 · May 4, 2016

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 21 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

The HDF5Array package is an HDF5 backend for DelayedArray objects. It implements the HDF5Array, H5SparseMatrix, H5ADMatrix, and TENxMatrix classes, 4 convenient and memory-efficient array-like containers for representing and manipulating either: (1) a conventional (a.k.a. dense) HDF5 dataset, (2) an HDF5 sparse matrix (stored in CSR/CSC/Yale format), (3) the central matrix of an h5ad file (or any matrix in the /layers group), or (4) a 10x Genomics sparse matrix. All these containers are DelayedArray extensions and thus support all operations (delayed or block-processed) supported by DelayedArray objects.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

140 45 exported

Complexity

3 avg / 14 max

Call network

140 nodes / 191 edges

Test coverage is not measured for Bioconductor packages; nodes fall back to a neutral fill.

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Lowest coverage

Per-function coverage is not measured for this package yet.

Code

Structure

Lines of code

6,482

Files

73

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 3,367 (51.9%)Tests 2 (0%)Docs 2,464 (38%)Vignettes 649 (10%)

API

Exported functions

47

Internal functions

93

Recent export changes

v3.9+3 get_h5mread_returned_type, h5mread, quickResaveHDF5SummarizedExperiment
v3.8+9 setHDF5DumpChunkLength, getHDF5DumpChunkLength, setHDF5DumpChunkShape +6 more

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.00

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Roxygen coverage

100%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

0%

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

38.5%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

3.4

System requirements

C++ standard

License

Artistic-2.0

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

21

First release

2016-05-27

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

178 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

11

LOC over versions

v3.3: 3,445 LOCv3.4: 3,793 LOCv3.5: 1,516 LOCv3.6: 1,483 LOCv3.7: 1,855 LOCv3.8: 3,286 LOCv3.9: 7,496 LOCv3.10: 8,348 LOCv3.11: 10,075 LOCv3.12: 11,513 LOCv3.13: 15,454 LOCv3.14: 15,471 LOCv3.15: 15,480 LOCv3.16: 15,480 LOCv3.17: 15,493 LOCv3.18: 15,571 LOCv3.19: 15,715 LOCv3.20: 15,541 LOCv3.21: 6,497 LOCv3.22: 6,497 LOCv3.23: 6,482 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/bioc-code-metrics.

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 60 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 33% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
59%
Return-value docs
93%
References docs
27%

Topics

Depended on by (91)

CRAN (4)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("HDF5Array")
Pagès, H. (2026). HDF5Array: HDF5 datasets as array-like objects in R (Version 1.40.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/HDF5Array

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for HDF5Array version 1.40.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

From data release v2026-08-22, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later. More on citing and the projects behind them.

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