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WRITETB

Purpose:

Writes a binary table.

Syntax:

WRITETB("filename", type, data)

"filename"

-

A string. The name of the binary file to write.

type

-

An integer, the binary format type of the data file to store described by either its name or integer code. Valid arguments are:

 

Name

Code

Data Type

Range

SBYTE

1

Signed Byte

-128 to +127

UBYTE

2

Unsigned Byte

0 to 255

BYTE

2

(same as UBYTE)

0 to 255

SINT

3

Signed Integer

-32768 to +32767

UINT

4

Unsigned Integer

0 to 65535

LONG

5

4-byte Signed Integer

-2,147,483,648 to +2,147,483,647

FLOAT

6

4-byte Floating Point

-1037 to +1038

DOUBLE

7

8-byte Floating Point

-10-307 to +10308

ULONG

8

4-byte Unsigned Integer

0 to 4,294,967,295

 

1000 + N

N-byte Signed Integer

-28N-1 to 28N-1-1

 

2000 + N

N-byte Unsigned Integer

0 to 28N-1

 

data

-

A series or array.

Returns:

Nothing.

Example:

writetb("bin.dat", SINT, {{1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6}});

mydata = readtb("bin.dat");

 

writes the 2x3 array

 

{{1, 2, 3},

 {4, 5, 6}} 

 

to the file bin.dat as signed integers and reads the array into the variable mydata.

Remarks:

See READTB to read a binary table created by WRITETB.

 

WRITETB does not currently handle DELTAX, XOFFSET or Units.

See Also:

BYTE2TYPE

READA

READB

READTB

TYPE2BYTE

WRITEA

WRITEB