g></p><dl><dt>A</dt>
<dd><p>C or fortran type string</p></dd>

<dt>size</dt>
<dd><p>Size of the string object. Set to <code>Inf</code> for variable size strings</p></dd>

<dt>id</dt>
<dd><p>internal use only</p></dd>


</dl></dd>


<dt><code>get_size(variable_as_inf = TRUE)</code></dt>
<dd>

<p>Retrieves the length of the string, setting it to <code>Inf</code> it is of variable length.
This function implements the HDF5-API function H5Tis_variable_str.
Please see the documentation at <a href="https://docs.hd