Python hdf5 file with tables: How to read hdf data where the title includes blank characters

Question

How can I read a hdf5 table datablock as:

domains = h5.root.name with blank

this is not possible, but maybe with special signs?

Answer 1

The code in your question looks like pytables (not h5py). However, you can read objects with spaces in the name with both packages.
Here are the ways to access a table or dataset using each package. Example assumes 'name with blank' is a dataset. The code still works to get a group object, but you can't get an array from a group.

h5py method:

domains_ds = h5['name with blank'] # returns dataset object
domains_arr = h5['name with blank'][()] # returns numpy array object

pytables method:

domains_ds = h5.get_node('name with blank') # returns table or array object as appropriate 
domains_arr = h5.read('name with blank') # returns numpy array object