Binary file I/O
- Subject: [mg2953] Binary file I/O
- From: mreed at umich.edu (Matt Reed)
- Date: 15 Jan 1996 05:33:54 -0600
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- Organization: University of Michigan
- Sender: mj at wri.com
I am working with large datasets that I would prefer to store as binary data rather than ASCII. These files could be, for example, single- or double-precision numbers. What is the most efficient way of handling input and output of such datafiles in Mma? I've considered writing an external translator to read the data and pipe it to Mma in ASCII, but I wonder if it is possible to access binary data in a file directly. Matt Reed University of Michigan