I usually use 3!:4 and 3!:5 when reading objects streamed to file from someone else's code. I wind up writing a read verb (and a write verb) for every "type" which reads its stuff starting at a global offset into the reference character array and then updates that offset to point at the end. If there's ever an array of them, the dyadic form of the verb reads x of them. (And one dimension is sufficient in this context.)
I can tell my code is correct when it can read a file to my internal representation and write it back out without introducing any defects on my test data set. Except I can also identify bugs in the original code when coding to spec requires that what I write back out differs from what I read in. That can get annoying sometimes (it means that for complete correctness I need to represent the buggy data - that's the sort of thing that makes me feel like abandoning a project or at least wish I could replace larger parts of the system). It's very "forth-like" in feel, and verbose. And some types require a bit of manipulation after the initial conversion, to make things correct. But, this seems to me to be a fairly appropriate match to the problem. Your mileage may vary. Thanks, -- Raul On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 10:47 AM, 'Pascal Jasmin' via Programming <[email protected]> wrote: > 3!:1 is more powerful than this. Converts any noun to a binary (string) > representation. 3!:2 unpacks. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jon Hough <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 10:42 AM > Subject: [Jprogramming] J Equivalent of Python Struct.Pack/Unpack > > Python has a useful module called struct > https://docs.python.org/2/library/struct.html > which is useful for converting strings to packed binary data. > e.g. > data = struct.pack('B', someHexString) > > Does J have an equivalent or similar function / verb? > I spent a bit of time looking, but couldn't find anything. > > Example usage would be sending data over a network. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
