I don't know if this is helpfull or not but (or for that matter current). http://cens.ioc.ee/projects/f2py2e/ offers some suggestions and it looks like you can use it with c code also.
Tyler wrote: > Hello All: > > After trying to find an open source alternative to Matlab (or IDL), I > am currently getting acquainted with Python and, in particular SciPy, > NumPy, and Matplotlib. While I await the delivery of Travis Oliphant's > NumPy manual, I have a quick question (hopefully) regarding how to read > in Fortran written data. > > The data files are not binary, but ASCII text files with no formatting > and mixed data types (strings, integers, floats). For example, I have > the following write statements in my Fortran code: > > I write the files as such: > WRITE(90,'(A30)') fgeo_name > WRITE(90,'(A30)') fmed_name > WRITE(90,*) nfault,npoint > WRITE(90,*) (xpt(n), n=1,npoint) > WRITE(90,*) (ypt(n), n=1,npoint) > > and, > > WRITE(10,'(A30)') fname > DO i=1,nfault > WRITE(10,*) dbn(i),dtn(i),xfwnt(i),yfwnt(i),xfent(i),yfent(i),& > & slpvlS(i),slpvlD(i),slpvlT(i),segdp1(i) > END DO > > > I then respectively read them into Fortran as: > READ(70,'(A30)') fgeo_name > READ(70,'(A30)') fmed_name > READ(70,*) nfault,npoint > READ(70,*) (x(n), n=1,npoint) > READ(70,*) (y(n), n=1,npoint) > > and, > > READ(20,'(A30)') fname > DO i=1,nfault > READ(20,*) dbn(i),dtn(i),xfwnt(i),yfwnt(i),xfent(i),yfent(i),& > & slpvlS(i),slpvlD(i),slpvlT(i),segdp1(i) > END DO > > I also read them into IDL for visualization using the "READF" command. > I was wondering how I might go about reading this into Python using > NumPy. If this is not trivial, let me know and I'll just wait until the > NumPy manual arrives. > > Cheers, > > t. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list