Alex Martelli wrote:
> David Lees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I want to process large binary files (>2GB) in Python. I have played
>> around with prototypes in pure Python and profiled the code. Most of
>> the time seems to be spent converting back and forth to and from strings
>> using the struct module. Is there a way to directly read into an array
>> of integers in Python?
>
>>>> import array
>>>> x=array.array('l')
>>>> help(x.fromfile)
>
> Help on built-in function fromfile:
>
> fromfile(...)
> fromfile(f, n)
>
> Read n objects from the file object f and append them to the end of
> the array. Also called as read.
>
>
> Alex
Thank you. This is exactly what I was looking for. I just tried it and
it works great.
David Lees
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