hi there,
I am trying to dump a lot of floats to a file and want to save space. Here
is my main loop which is looped several thousand times
fprintf(fptr, "%f %f %f ", normals[0][0], normals[0][1], normals[0][2]); //
output the normal
fprintf(fptr, "%f %f %f ", v1[0], v1[1], v1[2]); // output the vertice
fprintf(fptr, "%f %f %f ", normals[1][0], normals[1][1], normals[1][2]); //
output the normal
fprintf(fptr, "%f %f %f ", v2[0], v2[1], v2[2]); // output the vertice
fprintf(fptr, "%f %f %f ", normals[2][0], normals[2][1], normals[2][2]); //
output the normal
fprintf(fptr, "%f %f %f ", v3[0], v3[1], v3[2]); // output the vertice
fprintf(fptr, "%f %f %f ", normals[3][0], normals[3][1], normals[3][2]); //
output the normal
fprintf(fptr, "%f %f %f ", v4[0], v4[1], v4[2]); // output the vertice
fprintf(fptr, "\n");// go to next line
How can I output the binary values instead? At the moment I am using
approximately 240 Bytes per line, but this could be reduced to 96Bytes if I
just output the binary values. Is there a nice easy Win32 way to do this?
Thanks
Allan
Half-joking:
To avoid machine-dependent storage without taking up quite as much
room as would straight float->character converstion, you might try a
special conversion. Around 1983, the Zeta corporation used base 36 (10
digits plus 26 letters) to store integer coordinates for their
plotters in a form that could be readily transmitted via serial cable
(that meant speed was an issue, and they needed to use less than 8
bits per "word"). Adding a few common punctuation marks could raise
the base a bit more. If privacy is an issue, this would provide a
little encryption (at least enough to eliminate accidental snooping)
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 10:45:36 +0200, Lucian Wischik <lu.nn@wischik.com>
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