WFDB Programmer’s Guide

Preface		What is the WFDB library?
1. Using the WFDB Library		How to compile and run a program that uses the WFDB library.
2. WFDB Library Functions		Call and return syntax of each function, with descriptions and program examples.
3. Data Types		Simple and compound types, including annotator, calibration, and signal information structures, and annotation structures.
4. Annotation Codes		Table of codes, descriptions of mapping macros.
5. Database Files		A description of the standard file types, and notes about reading from nonstandard sources.
6. Programming Examples		Annotated example programs.
Exercises		Test yourself.
A. Glossary		So you think you know what ‘time’ is, eh? A guide for the perplexed.
B. Installing the WFDB Software Package		Notes on installing the WFDB software package.
C. WFDB Application Programs		Brief descriptions of the WFDB application programs provided with the WFDB software package.
D. Extensions		Notes on extending the capabilities of the WFDB library.
E. Sources		Where to get the WFDB software package, databases of ECGs and other signals, and related items.
Answers to Selected Exercises		Don’t read them until you’ve done the exercises!
Recent Changes		New material, not included in the most recent printed edition of this guide. Indices
Concept Index		An item for each concept.
Function and Macro Index		An item for each WFDB library function and macro.
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