> Careful -- the last time I read a Fortran-=written binary file, I found > that the various structures (is that what you call them in Fortran?) > were padded with I think 4 bytes.
That is precisely why I suggested using f2py. If you let Fortran read the file (be careful to the same compiler!), it is easy to pass the data on to Python. Otherwise, you will have to figure out how your Fortran program writes the file. I.e. what padding, metainformation, etc. that are used. If you switch Fortran compiler, or even compiler version from the same vendor, you must start over again. On the other hand, an f2py'd solution just requires a recompile. For my own work, I just makes sure NEVER to do any I/O in Fortran! It is asking for trouble. I leave the I/O to Python or C, where it belongs. That way I know what data are written and what data are read. S. M. _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion