read text file byte by byte

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:35:55 +0100, census wrote:

>> I've got some questions -
>> 1) How do I read the file byte by byte 2) Should I use streams? If so
>> and I get my entire scrambled text in stream can I just write it to the
>> binary file?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Dave
> 
> f = open ("binaryfile", "r")
> bytearray = map (ord, f.read () )
> 
> Stores the content of binaryfile in the list bytearray.

If it's a binary file, you should open it in binary mode:

f = open ("binaryfile", "rb")



-- 
Steven