Re: Reading a binary file with Jython

• To: Cicero Augusto Wollmane Zandona <cicero@xxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: Reading a binary file with Jython
• From: Bill Hibbard <hibbard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 07:44:19 -0500

Hi Cicero,

> I am not sure if this mailing list is also about Jython (if is not please
> tell me). Athogh Jython is very helpfull, the documentation is a litle
> poor yet.
> 
> Ok here is the problem: I heve a binary file created in C that is an
> array of 4-bytes-float 512x512. And I cant read it. The Jython tutorial
> tells only how to read a text file (the method readlines()). I imagine
> that is a very simple question.
> 
> One more thing: in the Jython´s tutorial where can I find the files used
> in the examples like OUTLUSAM or AREA0007 ? Or they dont exist?

You can find both files in the ftp directory:

  ftp://www.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/visad-2.0/

I don't know about reading binary files in Jython that were
written in C. Perhaps Tom or someone else knows.

Cheers,
Bill
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