fread

fread reads data from a file.

dat = fread(fh, ssType)
dat = fread(fh, ssType, n)
dat = fread_char(fh, n)
dat = fread_char8(fh, n)
dat = fread_float64(fh, n)
dat = fread_float32(fh, n)
dat = fread_int8(fh, n)
dat = fread_uint8(fh, n)
dat = fread_int16(fh, n)
dat = fread_uint16(fh, n)
dat = fread_int32(fh, n)
dat = fread_uint32(fh, n)
dat = fread_int64(fh, n)
dat = fread_uint64(fh, n)

Return Value

dat is a scalar string, if ssType is “char” or in all other cases a real vector.

Parameters

fh

Identifies the file.

ssType

ssType is one of the following strings:

Value Old Name Meaning
“float64” “double” 8 Bytes floating point value, fread_float64.
“float32” “float” (4 Bytes)
- “real48” (6 Bytes)
“char” “char” 2 Bytes-Unicode character, fread_char.
“char8” “char8” 1 Byte, fread_char8, see also mem_get.
“int8” - (1 Byte)
“uint8” “uchar” (1 Byte)
“int16” “short” (2 Bytes)
“uint16” “ushort” (2 Bytes)
“int32” “int, long” (4 Bytes)
“uint32” “uint, ulong” (4 Bytes)
“int64” - (8 Bytes)
“uint64” - (8 Bytes)
n

n defines the number of data objects to be read. If n is not specified (or if n <= 0) the complete file will be read beginning at the current position.

Example

fh = fopen("/test.bin", "wb");
rvValues = 1:100;              // 1,2,3,4,...
fwrite(fh, "short", rvValues); // writes 100 short values
fclose(fh);
fh = fopen("/test.bin", "rb");
rvValues = fread(fh, "short", 100); // reads 100 short
fclose(fh);                         // values

History

Version Description
5.8.2 New type “char8”.
4.2.0 If ssType == “char” is true the result string will not be truncated at the first 0-character. The strtrim function can be used to truncate the string at the first 0-character.

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