[R] Bytes to Numeric/Float conversion

[Henrik Bengtsson]

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:14 PM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
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> On Jun 11, 2013, at 9:01 AM, Bikash Agrawal wrote:
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>> Is there any packages available in R, that can convert Bytes array to Float.
>> Using rJava we can do it. But it is kind of slow. Is there any R
>> specific packages.
>> I am having problem converting my bytes array to floating point.
>> Could any one help me with this problem.
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> There is a raw data type that is designed to hold bytes than can be indexed.
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> ?raw

...and then ?readBin

/Henrik
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> `scan` can read files of type raw
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> ?scan
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> David Winsemius
> Alameda, CA, USA
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