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bprause@campra.phys.nd.edu (Burkhard Prause) wrote: > Array then turns out to contain sheer noise. If I read the data file > into a one dimesional vector, then extract 16 bit integers by reading > every third and fourth byte into a 256x128x128 integer array, I can > produce the "correct" image. So my data set is not garbage. However, > by doing this I basically limit my contrast, because all values larger > than 2^16 are read as 65536. > > Any suggestions what I may be doing wrong here? Have a look at the BYTEORDER procedure. Alex -- Alex Schuster Wonko@weird.cologne.de PGP Key available alex@pet.mpin-koeln.mpg.de
In article 38A5@campra.phys.nd.edu, Burkhard Prause <bprause@campra.phys.nd.edu> writes: > I try to read what I believe are 32 bit signed integer binary data > files. > Any suggestions what I may be doing wrong here? Were they produced on the same machine that you're reading them on? Ie do you have byteswap problems? -W. --- William M Connolley | wmc@bas.ac.uk | http://www.nbs.ac.uk/public/icd/wmc/ Climate Modeller, British Antarctic Survey | Disclaimer: I speak for myself