Python script for saving in Octave format

[John W. Eaton]

On 13-May-2005, Keith Goodman wrote:

| Does anyone have a python script that saves data in Octave format? My
| first choice is -mat7-binary; my second choice is punch card.

I don't know of one, but if you find something like this, please let
us know where to find it.

| Is the Octave binary format the same as the Octave text format, only
| written in binary?

No.

| So if I open a file in python for writing in binary
| mode and write to it in the same format that I see in an Octave text
| file, will I end up with anything other than a pile of mess?

I think you'll end up with a file that has the Octave text format.

jwe



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