Re: Read data structure from binary file
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- Subject: [mg97984] Re: Read data structure from binary file
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:34:49 -0500 (EST)
- References: <gqfko0$kih$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hi,
if the file does not contain any information about the structure, it can
be interpreted in many ways. Therefore, you have to specify the
structure.
Note that you may assemble the list of structures definition
automatically, using e.b. Table, Append, Join...
Daniel
hobz wrote:
> I have a binary file which I would like to read into a data structure.
> The data structure contains some simple data types like Integer16 and Integer32, but also a byte array of length 255.
>
> How can I read this byte array into mathematica along with the other data types as a complete data structure, without having to use BinaryReadList(file, {"Integer32", "Byte", "Byte", "Byte", "Byte", "Byte", ..., "Byte", "Integer16"}) ?
>
> Thanks.
>