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Equivalent to Matlab fread function
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fread.py
def fread(fid, nelements, dtype):
"""Equivalent to Matlab fread function"""
if dtype is np.str:
dt = np.uint8 # WARNING: assuming 8-bit ASCII for np.str!
else:
dt = dtype
data_array = np.fromfile(fid, dt, nelements)
data_array.shape = (nelements, 1)
return data_array
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