On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Jonathan Thayn <jth...@ilstu.edu> wrote:
> Hopefully there is a simple solution to this problem. I process really large
> satellite images in R and, in order to not offend the memory-limitation
> demi-gods, I open each row of the imagery one at a time, process it, write
> the results, and then open the next line. I use readBin() to open each line.
> For examaple, say I have the following file:
>
> writeBin(1:20,con="desktop/temp.bip",size=2,endian="big")
>
> which I can open using readBin():
>
> readBin("desktop/temp.bip","integer",size=2,endian="big",n=20)
>
> Now I want to open select values from the binary file, not a complete line.
> Say I want to read values 3, 7, and 10, process them, write the result, and
> then read values 4, 5, and 17. How do I direct readBin to those specific
> values? Thanks.
You need to seek help. Or help(seek). Yes really.
Barry
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