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Re: Reading Binary [message #49262 is a reply to message #4812]

Tue, 11 July 2006 05:43

greg michael
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Registered: January 2006

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You can't do that. You can only read the file in units of a byte. If
your data is really in 12/13-bit units (which seems highly unusual) -
you'll have to extract them afterwards (paying close attention to
putting them back in the right order!). Where did you get this data?

regards,
Greg

Dirk1106@googlemail.com wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a problem reading a binary file.
> The file begins with a Header of 6 unsingned Int.
> After this I have to dicive, if I want to read 12 bits oder 13 bits
> (not byte) as one record.
>
> Has soneone an idea, how to read the 12 or 13 bits best.
> After i read the bits I have so split them in the units, they stand
> for.
>
> Thanks
> .
> Greetz Dirk

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		Reading binary data (written using XDR) into IDL?? By: khan on Wed, 09 August 1995 00:00
		Re: Reading Binary By: Peter Clinch on Wed, 12 July 2006 08:28
		Re: Reading Binary By: greg michael on Wed, 12 July 2006 07:25
		Re: Reading Binary By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 12 July 2006 07:21
		Re: Reading Binary By: Dirk1106@googlemail.c on Wed, 12 July 2006 07:13
		Re: Reading Binary By: Peter Clinch on Wed, 12 July 2006 06:30
		Re: Reading Binary By: Dirk1106@googlemail.c on Wed, 12 July 2006 06:01
		Re: Reading Binary By: greg michael on Wed, 12 July 2006 04:12
		Re: Reading Binary By: Peter Clinch on Wed, 12 July 2006 02:14
		Re: Reading Binary By: Dirk1106@googlemail.c on Wed, 12 July 2006 01:39
		Re: Reading Binary By: greg michael on Tue, 11 July 2006 05:43

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