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Re: fread : figuring out binary file format
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Muthiah Annamalai |
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Re: fread : figuring out binary file format |
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Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:44:10 -0500 |
Bryan,
> specifically what does "invalid stream number = -1" mean?
> also, i gather that to use fread, this syntax is OK :
> octave:5> fread ("28JUL06G.DAT",Inf,"32*single",0,"ieee-be")
> ... where "28JUL06G.DAT" is substituted for "fid" or "f" as i read in
> `help -i fread" -bryan
Well: you need to use it like in 2 steps:
1. Open file & get file ID.
2. Use file ID to read the string.
fid=fopen("28JUL06G.DAT","r");
fread (fid,Inf,"32*single",0,"ieee-be")
%do whatever
fclose(fid);
Hope that helps.
-Muthu