Hello,
I am using the numpy fromfile function to read binary data from a file
on disk. The problem is that the program runs fine on a Mac, but gives
an error or warning on windows when trying to read the data. I use it
like this:
Signal = zeros((N, 16), dtype=float32)
for sample in range(0, N):
# this function gets the next position in the file to seek to
s = getFilePos(samp le)
# go to the correct location in the file; this IS checked to make
sure it is within the file
mFile.seek(s)
# read the 16 float32 values from the file
D = fromfile(mFile, dtype=numpy.flo at32, 16)
# save D in Signal
Signal[sample, :] = D
This will fail when sample is ~4. If I change the range to (5,N),
skipping the "bad" file location, it will run fine for a few samples,
and then give another error. The message it gives is:
"16 items requested but only 7 read"
So D is a 7x1 vector, and the program dies when it tries to assign D
to the slice of Signal ("ValueError : shape mismatch: objects cannot be
broadcast to a single shape").
On windows, the Python version is 2.5.2, and the most recent numpy and
scipy are being used as well. I tried using Enthought, but it gave
this error as well, in addition to a c runtime error whenever I
imported scipy (which is another post topic...).
Any ideas on what might be causing this? Is there a way to debug the
fromfile function? And, remember, this works perfectly on a Mac. Would
compiling everything (python, scipy, numpy) potentially solve this?
Thanks!
I am using the numpy fromfile function to read binary data from a file
on disk. The problem is that the program runs fine on a Mac, but gives
an error or warning on windows when trying to read the data. I use it
like this:
Signal = zeros((N, 16), dtype=float32)
for sample in range(0, N):
# this function gets the next position in the file to seek to
s = getFilePos(samp le)
# go to the correct location in the file; this IS checked to make
sure it is within the file
mFile.seek(s)
# read the 16 float32 values from the file
D = fromfile(mFile, dtype=numpy.flo at32, 16)
# save D in Signal
Signal[sample, :] = D
This will fail when sample is ~4. If I change the range to (5,N),
skipping the "bad" file location, it will run fine for a few samples,
and then give another error. The message it gives is:
"16 items requested but only 7 read"
So D is a 7x1 vector, and the program dies when it tries to assign D
to the slice of Signal ("ValueError : shape mismatch: objects cannot be
broadcast to a single shape").
On windows, the Python version is 2.5.2, and the most recent numpy and
scipy are being used as well. I tried using Enthought, but it gave
this error as well, in addition to a c runtime error whenever I
imported scipy (which is another post topic...).
Any ideas on what might be causing this? Is there a way to debug the
fromfile function? And, remember, this works perfectly on a Mac. Would
compiling everything (python, scipy, numpy) potentially solve this?
Thanks!
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