You didn't give much of a description of what sort of numbers you expected in the header so this is pretty much a guess. However, by reading the tail of the file with offsets 0 through 7 bytes we get numbers in the 30-40 range for an offset of 4 bytes. I called that field "junk" below and placed it so that the two recordMarker fields were the same (52 decimal). Do the numbers in the header look right?
f <- function (filename) { con <- file(filename, "rb") on.exit(close(con)) rbl <- function(...) readBin(..., endian = "little") recordMarkerA <- rbl(con, what = "integer", size = 4, n = 1) twoIntegers <- rbl(con, what = "integer", size = 4, n = 2) twoDoubles <- rbl(con, what = "numeric", size = 8, n = 2) oneString <- rawToChar(rbl(con, what = "raw", size = 1, n = 16)) threeIntegers <- rbl(con, what = "integer", size = 4, n = 3) recordMarkerB <- rbl(con, what = "integer", size = 4, n = 1) junk <- rbl(con, what = "raw", size = 1, n = 4) # the 100 below should be (file.info(filename)$size - headerSize)/8 doubles <- rbl(con, what = "numeric", size = 8, n = 100) list(recordMarkerA = recordMarkerA, twoIntegers = twoIntegers, twoDoubles = twoDoubles, oneString = oneString, threeIntegers = threeIntegers, recordMarkerB = recordMarkerB, junk = junk, doubles = doubles) } > f(tf) $recordMarkerA [1] 52 $twoIntegers [1] 1 1 $twoDoubles [1] 1 1 $oneString [1] " HEAD" $threeIntegers [1] 43 55 1 $recordMarkerB [1] 52 $junk [1] e8 49 00 00 $doubles [1] 33.674 34.272 34.736 35.098 35.378 35.628 [7] 35.838 36.046 36.324 36.604 36.856 37.112 [13] 37.398 37.694 38.008 38.364 38.742 39.134 [19] 39.494 39.844 40.128 40.372 40.562 40.712 [25] 40.818 40.880 40.900 40.882 40.830 Bill Dunlap Spotfire, TIBCO Software wdunlap tibco.com From: kapo coulibaly [mailto:kmcou...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 5:55 PM To: William Dunlap; r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Help with readBin No. But here it is: c(52L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 1L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 1L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, -16L, 63L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, -16L, 63L, 32L, 32L, 32L, 32L, 32L, 32L, 32L, 32L, 32L, 32L, 32L, 32L, 72L, 69L, 65L, 68L, 43L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 55L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 1L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 52L, 0L, 0L, 0L, -24L, 73L, 0L, 0L, -125L, -64L, -54L, -95L, 69L, -42L, 64L, 64L, -119L, 65L, 96L, -27L, -48L, 34L, 65L, 64L, -111L, -19L, 124L, 63L, 53L, 94L, 65L, 64L, 6L, -127L, -107L, 67L, -117L, -116L, 65L, 64L, -86L, -15L, -46L, 77L, 98L, -80L, 65L, 64L, -86L, -15L, -46L, 77L, 98L, -48L, 65L, 64L, 37L, 6L, -127L, -107L, 67L, -21L, 65L, 64L, -39L, -50L, -9L, 83L, -29L, 5L, 66L, 64L, -74L, -13L, -3L, -44L, 120L, 41L, 66L, 64L, 90L, 100L, 59L, -33L, 79L, 77L, 66L, 64L, 33L, -80L, 114L, 104L, -111L, 109L, 66L, 64L, 117L, -109L, 24L, 4L, 86L, -114L, 66L, 64L, 109L, -25L, -5L, -87L, -15L, -78L, 66L, 64L, 70L, -74L, -13L, -3L, -44L, -40L, 66L, 64L, 27L, 47L, -35L, 36L, 6L, 1L, 67L, 64L, 59L, -33L, 79L, -115L, -105L, 46L, 67L, 64L, -27L, -48L, 34L, -37L, -7L, 94L, 67L, 64L, -2L, -44L, 120L, -23L, 38L, -111L, 67L, 64L, -84L, 28L, 90L, 100L, 59L, -65L, 67L, 64L, 121L, -23L, 38L, 49L, 8L, -20L, 67L, 64L, -86L, -15L, -46L, 77L, 98L, 16L, 68L, 64L, 86L, 14L, 45L, -78L, -99L, 47L, 68L, 64L, 14L, 45L, -78L, -99L, -17L, 71L, 68L, 64L, 66L, 96L, -27L, -48L, 34L, 91L, 68L, 64L, 98L, 16L, 88L, 57L, -76L, 104L, 68L, 64L, 113L, 61L, 10L, -41L, -93L, 112L, 68L, 64L, 51L, 51L, 51L, 51L, 51L, 115L, 68L, 64L, 55L, -119L, 65L, 96L, -27L, 112L, 68L, 64L, 10L, -41L, -93L, 112L, 61L, 106L, 68L, 64L, -53L, -95L, 69L, -74L) On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 8:39 PM, William Dunlap <wdun...@tibco.com<mailto:wdun...@tibco.com>> wrote: Did you ever send the output of dput to R-help? On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 5:00 PM, William Dunlap <wdun...@tibco.com<mailto:wdun...@tibco.com>> wrote: You can do the following to allow others to recreate your problem. yourFileBytes <- readBin("yourFile", what="integer", size=1, n=300) # is 300 bytes enough to see the problem? dput(yourFileBytes) Put the output of dput(yourFileBytes) in your mail. Bill Dunlap Spotfire, TIBCO Software wdunlap tibco.com<http://tibco.com> From: kapo coulibaly [mailto:kmcou...@gmail.com<mailto:kmcou...@gmail.com>] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 5:35 PM To: William Dunlap Cc: r-help@r-project.org<mailto:r-help@r-project.org> Subject: Re: [R] Help with readBin I still haven't found a working solution. Is it allowed to attach a file so that somebodyelse can reproduce the problem? On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 5:00 PM, William Dunlap <wdun...@tibco.com<mailto:wdun...@tibco.com>> wrote: You can do the following to allow others to recreate your problem. yourFileBytes <- readBin("yourFile", what="integer", size=1, n=300) # is 300 bytes enough to see the problem? dput(yourFileBytes) Put the output of dput(yourFileBytes) in your mail. Someone can (and you should) recreate the problem with bytes <- ... copy 'n paste the printout of dput(bytes) here ... tf <- tempfile() stopifnot(is.integer(bytes) && all(abs(bytes)<=128)) # to make sure bytes was copied correctly writeBin(bytes, con=tf, size=1) Then show just the commands needed to read a couple of rows of your file, along with the expected output, as precisely and you can. E.g., con <- file(tf, "rb") readBin(con, what="integer", size=4, n=2) # expect 3 then something less than 10 readBin(con, what="numeric", size=8, n=3) # expect 2 numbers in range (0, 32] then 2.57 ... Bill Dunlap Spotfire, TIBCO Software wdunlap tibco.com<http://tibco.com> > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org<mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org> > [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org<mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org>] On > Behalf > Of kapo coulibaly > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 10:57 AM > To: r-help@r-project.org<mailto:r-help@r-project.org> > Subject: Re: [R] Help with readBin > > I believe here is the structure of the file I'm trying to read: > record marker (4 bytes), 2 integers (4 bytes each), 2 doubles (8 bytes > each), one string (16 bytes or 16 characters), 3 integers (4 bytes each), 1 > record marker (4 bytes) and a big array of doubles (8 bytes each). > Everything in the file is read correctly except for the doubles. > If any indication, I've read similar file before with readBin the only > difference is this one was created with a code compiled with gfortran in > linux 64 bit. I was able to read the same output binary file when the > fortran source code was compiled in windows xp 32 bit. The values I'm > expecting should be between 0 and about 32. > > > > > The code I used is: > > > > # Loading Required libraries > library(tcltk) > > # Tk inputbox function > inputBox<-function() { > tt<-tktoplevel() > Zmin<-tclVar("0") > Zmax<-tclVar("0") > dZ<-tclVar("0") > entry.Zmin<-tkentry(tt,width="20",textvariable=Zmin) > entry.Zmax<-tkentry(tt,width="20",textvariable=Zmax) > entry.dZ<-tkentry(tt,width="20",textvariable=dZ) > lbl.Zmin<-tklabel(tt,text="Number of layers") > lbl.Zmax<-tklabel(tt,text="Number of Stress Periods") > lbl.dZ<-tklabel(tt,text="dZ") > tkgrid(lbl.Zmin,entry.Zmin) > tkgrid(entry.Zmin) > tkgrid(lbl.Zmax,entry.Zmax) > tkgrid(entry.Zmax) > #tkgrid(lbl.dZ,entry.dZ) > #tkgrid(entry.dZ) > > OnOK <- function() > { > # NameVal <- c(tclvalue(Zmin),tclvalue(Zmax),tclvalue(dZ)) > tkdestroy(tt) > } > OK.but <-tkbutton(tt,text=" OK ",command=OnOK) > # tkbind(entry.Name, "<Return>",OnOK) > tkgrid(OK.but,columnspan=3) > tkfocus(tt) > tkwait.window(tt) > res<-as.numeric(c(tclvalue(Zmin),tclvalue(Zmax)))#,tclvalue(dZ))) > return(res) > } > > ######################################################################## > ######## > # Main program > ######################################################################## > ######## > > # Model Parameters input (number of layers and stress periods) > param<-inputBox() > > # Select and open Modflow Binary file for reading > fich<-tclvalue(tkgetOpenFile(title="Modflow Binary File",filetypes="{{hds > binary Files} {.hds}} {{All files} *}")) > zz <- file(fich, "rb") > > # Cycling thru time steps and layers > for (k in 1:param[2]) { > for (i in 1:param[1]) { > readBin(zz,what="numeric",n=1,size=4) # record marker typical of > fortran access="sequential" in gfortran > readBin(zz,what="integer",n=2,size=4)->N1 > readBin(zz,what="double",n=2,size=8)->N2 > readChar(zz,16)->txt1 > print(txt1) > readBin(zz,what="integer",n=3,size=4)->N3 > tnber<-N3[1]*N3[2] > readBin(zz,what="integer",n=1,size=4) # record marker typical of > fortran access="sequential" in gfortran > readBin(zz,what=real(),n=tnber,size=4)->N4 > readBin(zz,what="integer",n=2,size=4) # record marker typical of > fortran access="sequential" in gfortran > print(N4[1:10]) > > > } > > } > > close(zz) > > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Duncan Murdoch > <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com<mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com>>wrote: > > > On 03/05/2012 12:41 PM, kapo coulibaly wrote: > > > >> I'm trying to read a binary file created by a fortran code using readBin > >> and readChar. Everything reads fine (integers and strings) except for > >> double precision numbers, they are read as huge or very small number > >> (1E-250,...). I tried various endianness, swap, But nothing has worked so > >> far. > >> I also tried on R 64 bit for linux and windows (R 2.14) and R 2.11 on > >> windows XP 32 bit. > >> Any help would be appreciated. > >> > > > > As I wrote to someone else with a similar problem a couple of weeks ago: > > > > You need to see what's in the file. The hexView package can dump it in > > various formats; see example(viewFormat) for a couple. > > > > Duncan Murdoch > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org<mailto:R-help@r-project.org> mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. 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