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Rhdf5lib

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hdf5 library as an R package

v2.0.0 · software · Artistic-2.0

Release Lineage

Entered 3.6 · Oct 31, 2017

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 18 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

Provides C and C++ hdf5 libraries.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

5 2 exported

Complexity

2.2 avg / 5 max

Call network

5 nodes / 3 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

339

Files

994

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 175 (51.6%)Tests 3 (0.9%)Docs 81 (23.9%)Vignettes 80 (23.6%)

API

Exported functions

2

Internal functions

3

Recent export changes

v3.6+2 getHdf5Version, pkgconfig

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.02

testthat edition

CI present

Yes

CI type

["github-actions"]

PR gated

Yes

Docs

Roxygen coverage

100%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

0%

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

4.2.0

System requirements

C++ standard

License

Artistic-2.0

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

18

First release

2017-10-30

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

182 days

Cold removal rate

Dep drift

0

LOC over versions

v3.6: 468 LOCv3.7: 474 LOCv3.8: 470 LOCv3.9: 480 LOCv3.10: 709 LOCv3.11: 836 LOCv3.12: 872 LOCv3.13: 884 LOCv3.14: 884 LOCv3.15: 857 LOCv3.16: 857 LOCv3.17: 857 LOCv3.18: 857 LOCv3.19: 857 LOCv3.20: 857 LOCv3.21: 863 LOCv3.22: 863 LOCv3.23: 339 LOC

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

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 95 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 67% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
100%
Return-value docs
100%
References docs
0%

Topics

Depended on by (7)

Bioconductor (3)

CRAN (4)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("Rhdf5lib")
Gruson, H., The HDF Group, & Smith, M. (2026). Rhdf5lib: hdf5 library as an R package (Version 2.0.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/Rhdf5lib

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 Rhdf5lib version 2.0.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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