Reading a binary file with python

Question

I find particularly difficult reading binary file with Python. Can you give me a hand? I need to read this file, which in Fortran 90 is easily read by

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Answer 1

You could use numpy.fromfile, which can read data from both text and binary files. You would first construct a data type, which represents your file format, using numpy.dtype, and then read this type from file using numpy.fromfile.