To store ASCII into Binary

[MK.K]

I just want to store a large set of numbers.when i did it..the file is too big to open.is about 100 MB.
its in ASCII ,now i have to convert it into binary files..can anyone help me.

[unclebump]

There are many ways to do this. Here is a method that I use.

[MK.K]

thx..but my version is 6.1..i cannot open

[altenbach]

Show us your VI (or a simplified version with much smaller data) where you currently write the file in ASCII.

Is the file structured in some way (header+data) or are all numbers of equal type and in one big array?

[unclebump]

Sorry about that. I can't save this one to version 6.1, so here is a picture.

[altenbach]

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@MK.K wrote:
I just want to store a large set of numbers.when i did it..the file is too big to open.is about 100 MB.
its in ASCII ,now i have to convert it into binary files..can anyone help me.

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Well, if it is now too large to open you cannot convert the existing ASCII file ;), instead you should modify your application to write a new one in binary. Presumably, later you also need to have a way to read the binary file back into another LabVIEW application.

Open the example finder in LabVIEW 6.1 and look at the following two examples:

Write Binary File.vi

Read Binary File.vi

They are both in section "Fundamentals ... File Input and Output". Let us know of you get stuck :).