Writing a binary file in Python?

You might want to use the struct module.

Could you post some source code? Without seeing it, my first guess would be that you aren't opening the file in binary mode.

f = file("file.bin", "wb") # w: write, b: binary
f.write(data)

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Original post by smr Could you post some source code? Without seeing it, my first guess would be that you aren't opening the file in binary mode.

Actually, opening a file in "binary" mode is only meaningful under Windows, for starters. Secondly, file.write will always perform a character-mode write. Now, you can use it to write the data in binary format, but you have to pack that data into a string first.

The struct module exists for this specific reason. Use it. [smile]

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Original post by Oluseyi Quote: Original post by smr Could you post some source code? Without seeing it, my first guess would be that you aren't opening the file in binary mode. Actually, opening a file in "binary" mode is only meaningful under Windows, for starters. Secondly, file.write will always perform a character-mode write. Now, you can use it to write the data in binary format, but you have to pack that data into a string first. The struct module exists for this specific reason. Use it. [smile]

I also assume he's using windows :D

I didn't mention struct since Fruny had already and didn't want to steal his thunder.

I had never heard of the struct-module, before: I'll go investigate it.

You might also be interested in the cPickle module if this is for object serialization. If this data is only going to be accessed from your python program, it's much easier:

import cPickleclass Game(object):    ...game = Game()cPickle.dump(game, open("game.dat", "w"))...game = cPickle.load(open("game.dat"))

[Edited by - bytecoder on June 7, 2006 5:40:27 PM]

bytecoder, you are a saint. I very much appreciate your graciousness, here.

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Original post by Anonymous Poster How do I set the endian of a file?

Files have no endianness. The data does. See the struct module documentation.