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
> >
>
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