[Numpy-discussion] reading gzip compressed files using numpy.fromfile

[Christopher Barker]

Robert Kern wrote:
>>        f=gzip.open( "myfile.gz", "r" )
>> xyz=npy.fromfile(f,dtype="float32",count=400)

> Read in reasonably-sized chunks of bytes at a time, and use
> np.fromstring() to create arrays from them.

Something like:

count = 400
xyz = np.fromstring(f.read(count*4), dtype=np.float32)

should work (untested...)

-Chris




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