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SEARCH MATHEMATICA 8 DOCUMENTATION
THIS IS DOCUMENTATION FOR AN OBSOLETE PRODUCT.
SEE THE
DOCUMENTATION CENTER
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
Mathematica
>
Importing & Exporting
>
Mathematica
Import/Export Format
Character16
Sequence of 16-bit characters.
Raw binary format.
Import
can read any file as a sequence of characters.
Export
writes a list of characters to a file.
IMPORT AND EXPORT
Import
["
file
", "Character16"]
imports any file, returning a list of 16-bit characters.
Export
["
file
",
list
, "Character16"]
exports a list of 16-bit characters to
file
.
Import
["
file
", {"Character16",
elem
}]
or
Import
["
file
",
elem
]
imports the specified element from
file
.
Import
["
file
", {"Character16", {
elem
1
,
elem
2
,
...
}}]
imports multiple elements.
See the reference pages for full general information on
Import
and
Export
.
ImportString
and
ExportString
support the Character16 format.
ELEMENTS
General
Import
elements:
"Elements"
elements and options available in this file
"Rules"
full rules for each element and option
"Options"
rules for options, properties, and settings
Data representation element:
"Data"
list of 16-bit characters
By default,
Import
and
Export
use the
"Data"
element.
Import
["
file
", {"Character16",
n
}]
gives the
n
2-byte character.
OPTIONS
General option:
ByteOrdering
-1
what byte ordering to use
Import
option:
"HeaderBytes"
0
how many bytes to skip at the beginning of the file
SEE ALSO
Binary
Bit
Byte
Character8
Integer8
Integer16
Integer24
Integer32
Integer64
Integer128
UnsignedInteger8
UnsignedInteger16
UnsignedInteger24
UnsignedInteger32
UnsignedInteger64
UnsignedInteger128
Real32
Real64
Real128
Complex64
Complex128
Complex256
String
MORE ABOUT
Binary Data
Listing of All Formats
EXAMPLES
CLOSE ALL
Basic Examples
Convert a list of characters to a string representing a 16-bit character array:
In[1]:=
Out[1]=
Show the character codes corresponding to the previous result:
In[2]:=
Out[2]=
Convert back to a list of characters:
In[3]:=
Out[3]=
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