BinaryRead
 Usage
• BinaryRead[stream] reads one byte of raw binary data from an input stream, and returns an integer from 0 to 255.
• BinaryRead[stream, type] reads an object of the specified type.
• BinaryRead[stream, { ,  , ... }] reads a sequence of objects of the specified types.
Notes
• Possible types to read are:
| "Byte" | 8-bit unsigned integer | | "Character8" | 8-bit character | | "Character16" | 16-bit character | | "Complex64" | IEEE single-precision complex number | | "Complex128" | IEEE double-precision complex number | | "Complex256" | IEEE quad-precision complex number | | "Integer8" | 8-bit signed integer | | "Integer16" | 16-bit signed integer | | "Integer32" | 32-bit signed integer | | "Integer64" | 64-bit signed integer | | "Integer128" | 128-bit signed integer | | "Real32" | IEEE single-precision real number | | "Real64" | IEEE double-precision real number | | "Real128" | IEEE quad-precision real number | | "TerminatedString" | null-terminated string of 8-bit characters | | "UnsignedInteger8" | 8-bit unsigned integer | | "UnsignedInteger16" | 16-bit unsigned integer | | "UnsignedInteger32" | 32-bit unsigned integer | | "UnsignedInteger64" | 64-bit unsigned integer | | "UnsignedInteger128" | 128-bit unsigned integer |
• The first argument to BinaryRead can be InputStream["name", n], or simply "name" if there is only one open input stream with the specified name. • Streams for use with BinaryRead should be opened with BinaryFormat->True. • There is always a "current point" maintained for any stream. When you read an object from a stream, the current point is left after the input you read. Successive calls to BinaryRead can therefore be used to read successive objects in a stream such as a file. • BinaryRead returns EndOfFile if you are at the end of the file. • The following options can be given: • New in Version 5.1.
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