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I am trying to import a binary data file. It seems that BinaryReadList would be appropriate? However the data file is composed of c++ structures like this:

struct data1 {
    uint8_t    field1;
    uint16_t   field2;
    uint32_t   field3;
};

struct data2 {
    uint16_t   field1;
    uint16_t   field2;
    uint8_t    field3;
    uint32_t   field4;
};

struct data {
    data1  entry1;
    data2  entry2;
    data2  entry3[10];
};

int main() {

data myData[100];

}

Is there a way to specify the expected input format to read the data appropriately? I couldn't find a decent solution to import these data with Mathematica ?

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    $\begingroup$ Have you tried the third syntax format of BinaryReadList (BinaryReadList["file",{type1,type2,...}])? If so, did it work for you or did you encounter any problems? $\endgroup$
    – Sjoerd C. de Vries
    Aug 30, 2015 at 20:26
  • $\begingroup$ Thx a lot , i did overlook this option :) $\endgroup$
    – bernddude
    Aug 31, 2015 at 2:08

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As per the comment, the third syntax format of BinaryReadList does what is required:

BinaryReadList["file",{type1,type2,...}]
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