[PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Reading text files

[Konrad Hinsen]

> It has been my dream to be able to emulate the following FORTRAN idiom  
> (sorry, I don't remember the syntax very well) in Python.
> 
>    READ (FILE,"F4.8, F4.8") A(I), B(I), I=1,100

Check out my FortranFormat module at ftp.python.org or on my Web page
(http://www.yi.com/home/HinsenKonrad/python.html). It lets you read
and write lists of objects using a subset of Fortran format strings.

> to be able to write these files.  More importantly, it would be nice to be  
> able to work with FORTRAN binary files which have cryptic block-header stuff  
> attached.  Perhaps those should have their own file class.

I also have a somewhat experimental C extension module that can read
Fortran binary files into arrays. I'll put it on my Web page.

> I've considered attacking this, but the task seemed to daunting.  Would the  
> easiest way be to use the fortran library directly?  This would require people

I'd prefer to avoid Fortran libraries, which add a lot of overhead and
cause installation headaches.
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