[R] reading binary file

[yudi@ucd.ie]

Accidentally this only came to me (MM).

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> >>>>> "Yudi" == Yudi Pawitan <yudi at ucd.ie> writes:
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>     Yudi> Is there facility in R to read binary file? In Splus scan() has
>     Yudi> 'width=' argument and AsciiToInt() command to translate the
>     Yudi> binary data. Is there something similar in R?
> 

>From  Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch>	
> The two simple function  pack8bit() and unpack8bit()  which are now part of
> the wavethresh package on CRAN {{and are applied to store the
> 	       		        picture of John Lennon more efficiently}}
> could come handy here.
> 
Actually I'm trying to read ppm image files that have a mixture of
ASCII characters (describing the content of a file) and binary values. 
Splus can do this. Maybe I have to write a C subroutine?

 Some authors also use TIF or  GIF image files; does anyone have
any experience in getting the actual pixel values so we can process
the image. Any hint is appreciated.

Thanks,
- -Yudi-

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