Re: problem to read complex binary file

[Ben Abbott]

> On Dec 2, 2014, at 7:57 AM, alok ranjan <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I have a .dat (complex binary file) generated from GNU Radio.  I am trying to 
> convert that file in .mat format so that i can use the same file either inn 
> matlab or in octave to further plot the graph or some analysis of the 
> contained information.
> 
> I am getting an error while i am trying to do the conversion. 
> 
> Please check below my steps for detailed information:
> 
> addpath("/home/alok/gnuradio/gr-utils/");
> data_oct = 
> read_complex_binary("/usr/local/share/uhd/examples/usrp_samples.dat");
> 
> After the second line i am getting an error
> 
> 'read_complex_binary' undefined near line 1 column 12
> 
> I am using the octave 3.8.1 version on Ubuntu.
> 
> 
> please guide me how can i resolve this issue.
> 
> OR, there s any other method to open  the dat file and save that in octave or 
> ascii format .
> 
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Regards!!
> 
> Alok

The function 'read_complex_binary' is distributed by gnuradio and is not part 
of Octave or Matlab. The m-file function and others are at the link below.

        
http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/repository/revisions/master/show/gr-utils/octave

Ben