[Numpy-discussion] problem reading binary data from file

[Christopher Barker]

Pierre GM wrote:
> With numpy.core.records, you create a record array. Just get the field ('f0' 
> by default) to get a ndarray.

there is. Don't use numpy.core.records. Use numpy.fromfile:

import numpy

a = numpy.fromfile(filename, dtype=numpy.int16)

(filename can be a filename, or an open file object)

You may want to get fancier with the dtype to force the correct byte order.

-Chris





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