Reading Binary(?) to hex to float.
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Hey,
I'm back with a more defined question, I kept getting asked to provide input values. So basic idea is reduce computing time by re-making the code below to convert the data faster. Is this possible?
(32 bit IEEE demultiplexed)
x = hex2float( dec2hex( fread(fid, 1, 'ubit32', 0, 'ieee-be') ))
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The binary format (input file), when opened, looks like this:
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Walter Roberson
on 24 May 2012
Could I ask you to post the output of the following:
fid = fopen(YourInputFile, 'r');
sprintf('%02X ', fread(fid, 48, '*uint8')); sprintf('\n\n');
fseek(fid,0,'bof');
for K = 1 : 12; disp(dec2hex( fread(fid, 1, 'ubit32', 0, 'ieee-be') )); end
fclose(fid);
Answers (1)
Geoff
on 22 May 2012
Um, you're reading one at a time?
Can you not first determine the file size:
fseek(fid, 0, 'eof');
fsize = ftell(fid);
fseek(fid, 0, 'bof');
And then read that many characters while skipping the explicit conversions you're doing:
x = fread( fid, fix(fsize/4), 'float', 0, 'ieee-be' );
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Walter Roberson
on 24 May 2012
Yes, we need the hex.
If we examine what was posted above, with €X being the first float, that is hex E2101213 . If any byte other than the first is chosen as first byte of the IEEE float32, then the number would be positive and in the range of 2^(-95), giving a number on the order of +1E-28 . If the first byte (E2) is chosen as the first byte of the IEEE float32, then the number would be negative and in the range of 2^69, giving a number on the order of -1E+20.
Dejan, what is the expected value for the first float in the file ?
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