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Character16

Import can read any file as a sequence of characters.
Export writes a list of characters to a file.

Background & Context

- Sequence of 16-bit characters.
- Raw binary format.

Import & 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",{elem₁,elem₂,…}}] imports multiple elements.
See the following reference pages for full general information:

	Import, Export	import from or export to a file
	CloudImport, CloudExport	import from or export to a cloud object
	ImportString, ExportString	import from or export to a string
	ImportByteArray, ExportByteArray	import from or export to a byte array

Import Elements

General Import elements:
"Elements" list of elements and options available in this file

"Summary" summary of the file

"Rules" list of rules for all available elements
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 $ByteOrdering what byte ordering to use
Import option:
"HeaderBytes" 0 how many bytes to skip at the beginning of the file

Examples

Basic Examples (1)

Convert a list of characters to a string representing a 16-bit character array:

Show the character codes corresponding to the previous result:

Convert back to a list of characters:

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