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| hpy_awad@yahoo.com 2004-05-12, 6:47 pm |
| can cobol read binary data written by fprintf (C function) ?
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| Malcolm 2004-05-12, 6:47 pm |
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"hpy_awad@yahoo.com" <ehab_aziz2001@yahoo.com> wrote
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> can cobol read binary data written by fprintf (C function) ?
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You're using fprintf() rather badly if you use it to write out binary data.
It is designed for text.
You'd have to ask in a COBOL group for an authorative answer, but I would be
extremely surprised if the language didn't have support for reading
arbitrary data files.
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| Joe Wright 2004-05-12, 6:47 pm |
| hpy_awad@yahoo.com wrote:
> can cobol read binary data written by fprintf (C function) ?
I'm not up on what COBOL can do but, fprintf() writes text data, not
binary data.
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| > can cobol read binary data written by fprintf (C function) ?
I don't know about fprintf or C funtions but COBOL can read and
write binary data just fine. Care to explain a little better what
it is you're actually trying to do?
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| Joe Wright wrote:
> hpy_awad@yahoo.com wrote:
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> I'm not up on what COBOL can do but, fprintf() writes text data, not
> binary data.
COBOL can read and write both text and binary data - the key is, you've
got to know the structure of the file. You can have variable-length
records, so you could have one record with 10 characters, and another
with 20K.
I've never had experience interchanging data between the two languages,
so I can't tell you the best way to do that, or any problems that may arise.
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