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Convert endianness for ACE format cross sections
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#!/usr/bin/python | |
import sys | |
from struct import pack, unpack | |
# Get name of original ACE file | |
filename = sys.argv[1] | |
# Open unconverted and converted files | |
aceOld = open(filename, 'rb') | |
aceNew = open(filename + '_conv', 'wb') | |
endianOld = '<' # little endian | |
endianNew = '>' # big endian | |
recl_length = 4096 # Record length in bytes | |
entries = 512 # Number of entries per record | |
while True: | |
# Check for EOF | |
start = aceOld.tell() | |
if aceOld.read(1) == '': | |
break | |
aceOld.seek(start) | |
# Header block | |
headerSpec = '10sdd10s70s10s' | |
header = unpack(endianOld + headerSpec, aceOld.read(116)) | |
aceNew.write(pack(endianNew + headerSpec, *header)) | |
print(header[0]) | |
# ZAID combinations | |
zaid = unpack(endianOld + 16*'id', aceOld.read(192)) | |
aceNew.write(pack(endianNew + 16*'id', *zaid)) | |
# NXS array | |
nxs = unpack(endianOld + '16i', aceOld.read(64)) | |
aceNew.write(pack(endianNew + '16i', *nxs)) | |
# JXS array | |
jxs = unpack(endianOld + '32i', aceOld.read(128)) | |
aceNew.write(pack(endianNew + '32i', *jxs)) | |
# Copy bytes between end of JXS and start of XSS on next record | |
n_bytes = start + recl_length - aceOld.tell() | |
data = aceOld.read(n_bytes) | |
aceNew.write(data) | |
# XSS array | |
length = nxs[0] | |
xss = unpack(endianOld + '{0}d'.format(length), aceOld.read(length*8)) | |
aceNew.write(pack(endianNew + '{0}d'.format(length), *xss)) | |
# Copy remaining bytes between end of XSS and beginning of next nuclide | |
n_records = (length + entries - 1)/entries | |
n_bytes = start + recl_length*(n_records + 1) - aceOld.tell() | |
data = aceOld.read(n_bytes) | |
aceNew.write(data) |
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