Re: How to define the rec_type in the function of fbinrecread to read a special binary file

Dear Dennis,

Thanks.

It was created on a "big-endian" machine. I have set the setfileoption to read big-endian.

Guangshan

On Jan 26, 2013, at 8:38 PM, shea@ucar.edu wrote:

> The outlined approch has worked on multiple machines and operating systems.
>
> Perhaps the fortran sequential file was created on a 'big-endian' machine
> and you are reading on a little-endian machine or vice versa.
>
> There is no automatic way to test. It is the user's responsibility to use
> thr sppropriate 'setfileoption' .
>
>> Dear Dennis and Dave,
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion.
>>
>> It does not work.
>>
>> Hopeful NCL can read read multiple types at a time one day!
>>
>> Guangshan
>>
>> On Jan 25, 2013, at 2:31 PM, Dennis Shea <shea@ucar.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> NCL's fbin*read functions can only read one type at a time/
>>>
>>> fili = "example01"
>>> ii = fbinrecread(fili, 0, 3, "integer")
>>> rr = fbinrecread(fili, 0, 3, "float" )
>>>
>>> a = ii(0)
>>> b = rr(1)
>>> c = rr(2)
>>>
>>> Good luck
>>>
>>> On 01/25/2013 09:17 AM, Guangshan Chen wrote:
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I have a binary file. It is written as the following in the fortran
>>>> code:
>>>>
>>>> integer a
>>>> real b,c
>>>>
>>>> a=10
>>>> b=20.0
>>>> c=30.0
>>>>
>>>> open(11, file="example01", form="unformatted")
>>>> write(11) a, b, c
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There is only record in this binary file. If I would like to use
>>>> fbinrecread to read
>>>> finrecread("example01", 0, 3, ????). How to define the rec_type?
>>>>
>>>> a is integer, b and c are real.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any help.
>>>>
>>>> Guangshan
>>>>
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