Re: [Matplotlib-users] Importing Binary files

[Matthew B. <mat...@gm...>]

Hi,

> if it's just a block of bytes in a standard type from and n-d array, you
> can use numpy.fromfile()

I should also say that I have just committed a rewrite of the binary
file reading stuff to scipy, so if you have the latest scipy SVN (as
of a few minutes ago), you can do something like:

from StringIO import StringIO
import numpy as N
from scipy.io import npfile
arr = N.arange(10).reshape(5,2)
# write in Fortran order, Big endian, read back in C, system endian
my_file = StringIO()
npf = npfile(my_file, order='F', endian='>')
npf.write_array(arr)
npf.rewind()
npf.read_array((5,2), arr.dtype)

Best,

Matthew