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ByteArrayFormat[ba]

attempts to determine what ImportByteArray format could be used to import the ByteArray object ba.

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ByteArrayFormat

ByteArrayFormat[ba]

attempts to determine what ImportByteArray format could be used to import the ByteArray object ba.

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Basic Examples  (1)

Guess the format of a ByteArray:

Import the ByteArray:

Scope  (1)

Format interpretation of different ByteArray objects:

Applications  (1)

Export an expression to a byte array representing an XLS file:

Check the format of the byte array:

Import the data from the byte array:

Write the bytes to an XLS file:

Import the data from the file:

Properties & Relations  (1)

Export to a file and use FileFormat to guess the file format:

Export to a byte array and guess the format:

Wolfram Research (2019), ByteArrayFormat, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ByteArrayFormat.html.

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Wolfram Research (2019), ByteArrayFormat, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ByteArrayFormat.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2019. "ByteArrayFormat." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ByteArrayFormat.html.

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Wolfram Language. (2019). ByteArrayFormat. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ByteArrayFormat.html

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_bytearrayformat, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ByteArrayFormat}", year="2019", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ByteArrayFormat.html}", note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_bytearrayformat, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ByteArrayFormat}, year={2019}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ByteArrayFormat.html}, note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}