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pinetum/read floating point number in binary file.R

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Read binary file in R (4byte float point)
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read floating point number in binary file.R
path_binary_file <- "~/Dropbox/元智課程資料/研究所課程/資料探勘/VQ/COL.sil"
n_dimension <- 26
n_element_byte <- 4
#------read file-----
#create file connection
zz <- file(path_binary_file, "rb")
# calculate number of element bt file size
n_total_element <- file.info(path_binary_file)$size/n_element_byte
x <- matrix(readBin(zz, what="double", size=n_element_byte, n=n_total_element), ncol = n_dimension)
close(zz)
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