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Re: BYTES to LONG [message #22334 is a reply to message #22325]

Tue, 07 November 2000 00:00

Kelly Dean
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Registered: March 1997

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Doing a POINT_LUN, then ReadU them in as LONG works.

I am testing a method were I reading in the whole at once, then loop though it
later.

Kelly

Med Bennett wrote:

> If your variables for holding X and Y are of the correct type, you should be
> able to read up to or point_lun to the proper place in the file, and then
> read them in directly using the READU command. It helps to have a hex
> editor/viewer to figure out the offsets into the file that you are looking
> for.
>
> Kelly Dean wrote:
>
>> I am reading in a combination ASCII/BINARY file with USGS DLG
>> information as a binary file.
>>
>> I am able to convert the bytes into ASCII with STRING([72B, 101B, 108B,
>> 108B, 111B]).
>>
>> However, I cannot figure out how to convert the 4 bytes into LONG, whihc
>> is the UTM X and Y numbers. Any suggestions?
>>
>> Kelly

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[Message index]

		Re: BYTES to LONG By: Paul van Delst on Wed, 08 November 2000 00:00
		Re: BYTES to LONG By: Kelly Dean on Wed, 08 November 2000 00:00
		Re: BYTES to LONG By: Kelly Dean on Tue, 07 November 2000 00:00
		Re: BYTES to LONG By: Paul van Delst on Tue, 07 November 2000 00:00
		Re: BYTES to LONG By: John-David T. Smith on Tue, 07 November 2000 00:00
		Re: BYTES to LONG By: davidf on Tue, 07 November 2000 00:00
		Re: BYTES to LONG By: Paul van Delst on Tue, 07 November 2000 00:00
		Re: BYTES to LONG By: Med Bennett on Tue, 07 November 2000 00:00

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