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  • VRoninV VRonin

    @Alexanov said in Write on File:

    char *c;

    That's a dangling pointer. you can't do anything with it. c[i]=i; messes up your memory, I'm surprised your OS doesn't just crash the app on the spot. on top of that you are overflowing the char type as it can't reach beyond 127.

    QByteArray c;
    for(int i=0; i<5700;++i)
    c.append(QByteArray::number(i));
    file.write(c);
    
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    @VRonin

    @VRonin said in Write on File:

    Hi VRonin I did it but How can I access to special position of data in your solution?
    for ex. How can I access to index ="1200" ?(because you append all numbers in ending of previous number )

    QByteArray c;
    for(int i=0; i<5700;++i)
    c.append(QByteArray::number(i));
    file.write(c);
    
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    • D Devopia53

      @Alexanov

      How did you use the write() function?
      If you used it like this: file.wrte(c) then your file will be 0 byte.
      Because, the c[0]=0 causes your string to contain null characters.
      The QIODevice::write(const char *data) writes data from a zero-terminated string of 8-bit characters to the device.

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      @Devopia53
      Hi
      I knew my problem what was and I want to find solution to do it .
      Thanks :)

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      • A Alexanov

        @Devopia53
        Hi
        I knew my problem what was and I want to find solution to do it .
        Thanks :)

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        mrjj
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        @Alexanov

        • How can I access to index ="1200"

        Hi
        QByteArray can also for do [index]
        so c[index] also works .

        http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qbytearray.html#operator-5b-5d

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          mrjj
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          Oh
          Just a note:
          QByteArray is empty at first.

          if you want to use index randomly and not in a loop
          you must ask it to be if a given size first

          http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qbytearray.html#reserve

          Wrong way:
          QByteArray c; // empty from start
          c[1000]=1; // this will crash as it do not have 1000 entries

          Right way
          QByteArray c;
          c.reserve(2000); // make it have size from begining
          c[1000]=1; // this is ok as it has that index

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          • mrjjM mrjj

            Oh
            Just a note:
            QByteArray is empty at first.

            if you want to use index randomly and not in a loop
            you must ask it to be if a given size first

            http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qbytearray.html#reserve

            Wrong way:
            QByteArray c; // empty from start
            c[1000]=1; // this will crash as it do not have 1000 entries

            Right way
            QByteArray c;
            c.reserve(2000); // make it have size from begining
            c[1000]=1; // this is ok as it has that index

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            @mrjj
            Hi Thank you.
            I stored all data with indexes like this:

            QByteArray c;
            for(int i=0; i<5700;++i)
            c[i]=i;
            file.write(c)
            

            but the main problem is:
            when i wrote QByteArray in file and Read with Matlab , It seemed all data stored Apart and ASCII value (not number).

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            • A Alexanov

              @mrjj
              Hi Thank you.
              I stored all data with indexes like this:

              QByteArray c;
              for(int i=0; i<5700;++i)
              c[i]=i;
              file.write(c)
              

              but the main problem is:
              when i wrote QByteArray in file and Read with Matlab , It seemed all data stored Apart and ASCII value (not number).

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              mrjj
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              @Alexanov
              What do you mean apart ?

              you should store a lot of integers in the file.

              If it looks like text, then maybe you open the file in text mode and not binary ?

              can you show your code ? ( the real code)

              can you also show a bit from the file ?

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              • mrjjM mrjj

                @Alexanov
                What do you mean apart ?

                you should store a lot of integers in the file.

                If it looks like text, then maybe you open the file in text mode and not binary ?

                can you show your code ? ( the real code)

                can you also show a bit from the file ?

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                @mrjj said in Write on File:

                What do you mean apart ?

                Sorry i Mean not apart and all data seem append ;

                can you show your code ? ( the real code)

                QString filename = "mydata.bin";
                    QFile myfile(filename);
                    myfile.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite);
                
                    QByteArray c;
                    for(int i=0 ; i<5700;i++){
                        c[i]=i;
                
                    }
                    myfile.write(c);
                    myfile.close();
                
                
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                • A Alexanov

                  @mrjj said in Write on File:

                  What do you mean apart ?

                  Sorry i Mean not apart and all data seem append ;

                  can you show your code ? ( the real code)

                  QString filename = "mydata.bin";
                      QFile myfile(filename);
                      myfile.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite);
                  
                      QByteArray c;
                      for(int i=0 ; i<5700;i++){
                          c[i]=i;
                  
                      }
                      myfile.write(c);
                      myfile.close();
                  
                  
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                  wrote on last edited by VRonin
                  #14

                  to serialise numbers you have to take care of two things:

                  • int in C++ has no defined size. in the vast majority of cases it's 32 bits but in some old or very constrained (embedded devices) systems it might be 16 bits so you need to convert it to a format that all systems will agree on (solution: use qint32)
                  • different systems have different endianness (solution: use QDataStream)

                  Write

                  QString filename = "mydata.bin";
                      QFile myfile(filename);
                      myfile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
                  QDataStream fileStream(&myfile);
                  for(qint32 i=0 ; i<5700;i++){
                          fileStream << i;
                      }
                   myfile.close();
                  

                  Read

                  QString filename = "mydata.bin";
                      QFile myfile(filename);
                      myfile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
                  QDataStream fileStream(&myfile);
                  qint32 value;
                  for(;;){
                  fileStream.startTransaction();
                  fileStream >> value;
                  if(fileStream.commitTransaction())
                  qDebug() << "Read: " <<value;
                  else
                  break;
                  }
                   myfile.close();
                  

                  "La mort n'est rien, mais vivre vaincu et sans gloire, c'est mourir tous les jours"
                  ~Napoleon Bonaparte

                  On a crusade to banish setIndexWidget() from the holy land of Qt

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                  • VRoninV VRonin

                    to serialise numbers you have to take care of two things:

                    • int in C++ has no defined size. in the vast majority of cases it's 32 bits but in some old or very constrained (embedded devices) systems it might be 16 bits so you need to convert it to a format that all systems will agree on (solution: use qint32)
                    • different systems have different endianness (solution: use QDataStream)

                    Write

                    QString filename = "mydata.bin";
                        QFile myfile(filename);
                        myfile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
                    QDataStream fileStream(&myfile);
                    for(qint32 i=0 ; i<5700;i++){
                            fileStream << i;
                        }
                     myfile.close();
                    

                    Read

                    QString filename = "mydata.bin";
                        QFile myfile(filename);
                        myfile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
                    QDataStream fileStream(&myfile);
                    qint32 value;
                    for(;;){
                    fileStream.startTransaction();
                    fileStream >> value;
                    if(fileStream.commitTransaction())
                    qDebug() << "Read: " <<value;
                    else
                    break;
                    }
                     myfile.close();
                    
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                    @VRonin
                    Hi VRonin
                    Thank you :)
                    I said you before, your solution will take time and time is important factor for me, I want to fill my QByteArrays with all data and then Write in file , I do not want to store one-by-one With stream .
                    I could fill QByteArrays and write in file but I can not see true saved Data in Matlab.(for ex. i store number from zero to 5700 in file with QByteArrays like above code but when open it in Matlab i saw wrong size of var and wrong values )

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                    • A Alexanov

                      @VRonin
                      Hi VRonin
                      Thank you :)
                      I said you before, your solution will take time and time is important factor for me, I want to fill my QByteArrays with all data and then Write in file , I do not want to store one-by-one With stream .
                      I could fill QByteArrays and write in file but I can not see true saved Data in Matlab.(for ex. i store number from zero to 5700 in file with QByteArrays like above code but when open it in Matlab i saw wrong size of var and wrong values )

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                      wrote on last edited by VRonin
                      #16

                      The problem is that you didn't really grasp what a QByteArray is.

                      It's a "vector" of 8bit signed numbers (-128 to +127 each).

                      if you call c[i]=i; when i > 127 you are saying to take the first 8 bits of the binary representation of i and sticking it into c[i] hence the result is not what you expect.

                      @Alexanov said in Write on File:

                      your solution will take time and time is important factor for me, I want to fill my QByteArrays with all data and then Write in file

                      myfile.write(c); has pretty much the same speed as my code.


                      P.S.
                      If you are dealing with matlab import, make sure you take care of the endianness: https://uk.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/fread.html#inputarg_machinefmt


                      Can something like:

                      QVector<int> intArray(5700);
                      for(int i=0 ; i<5700;i++){
                              intArray[i]=i;
                          }
                      QString filename = "mydata.bin";
                          QFile myfile(filename);
                          myfile.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite);
                      QDataStream fileStream(&myfile);
                      for(int singleNum : intArray)
                      fileStream << singleNum ;
                      myfile.close();
                      

                      work for you? QVector allows random access

                      "La mort n'est rien, mais vivre vaincu et sans gloire, c'est mourir tous les jours"
                      ~Napoleon Bonaparte

                      On a crusade to banish setIndexWidget() from the holy land of Qt

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                      • VRoninV VRonin

                        The problem is that you didn't really grasp what a QByteArray is.

                        It's a "vector" of 8bit signed numbers (-128 to +127 each).

                        if you call c[i]=i; when i > 127 you are saying to take the first 8 bits of the binary representation of i and sticking it into c[i] hence the result is not what you expect.

                        @Alexanov said in Write on File:

                        your solution will take time and time is important factor for me, I want to fill my QByteArrays with all data and then Write in file

                        myfile.write(c); has pretty much the same speed as my code.


                        P.S.
                        If you are dealing with matlab import, make sure you take care of the endianness: https://uk.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/fread.html#inputarg_machinefmt


                        Can something like:

                        QVector<int> intArray(5700);
                        for(int i=0 ; i<5700;i++){
                                intArray[i]=i;
                            }
                        QString filename = "mydata.bin";
                            QFile myfile(filename);
                            myfile.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite);
                        QDataStream fileStream(&myfile);
                        for(int singleNum : intArray)
                        fileStream << singleNum ;
                        myfile.close();
                        

                        work for you? QVector allows random access

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                        @VRonin said in Write on File:

                        The problem is that you didn't really grasp what a QByteArray is

                        Thanks for your explanation :)
                        I think in our conversation occurred misunderstanding between me and you or I did not explain my problem very well.
                        But my problem solved thanks ;)

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