[R] How I can read the binary file with "different type"?

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Bingxiang Miao wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I  have a binary file  which have 8*100 bytes. The structure of the file is
> as follows: every eigth bytes represent 2 data:the first four bytes is the
> little-endian for integer, the next four bytes is the little-endian for
> floating32. The structure of the following bytes is as the same as the first
> eight bytes'.
>
> As the function readBin only read the binary file with one structure like
> this: readBin("my data file",what="integer",size=4,n=200) or readBin("my
> data file",what="numeric",size=4,n=200).But only one type of the data can be
> read properly.

That's plain wrong, and the examples on the help page disprove it. Please 
do read the help before posting. The concept is to use multiple readBin 
calls from an open connection (as in the examples on the help page).

> Can anyone suggest me how should I read this file?

We DO suggest you 'should' read the posting guide and the help pages.

>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Miao
>
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