A simple problem?

Hi Folks -

First post, and it should be a simple one. I first came across python yesterday, so pls forgive me

I want to read a 2-byte signed integer satellite image file into an array. I know the number of rows and cols of the image, so I know the total file size.

However, when I read the file in with this code, I get an error message saying :

"Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\adavidso\test.py", line 19, in ?
data.fromfile(file,in_imgsize)
EOFError: not enough items in file"

The file size is most definitely correct (I double checked it in case it was corrupt), and the script works no problem when I tested it with 1-byte data. Is there anything obvious that I am doing wrong here? (It thinks that the file is smaller than the specified size? Is there any way I can check to see what size the compiler thinks the file is?)

Any advice appreciated.

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srcfile = 'D:\\test16.dat' # Source directory.
in_rows = 4800 # Number image rows (IN).
in_cols = 5700 # Number image columns (IN).
in_bytes = 2 # Number of bytes per cell (IN).
in_imgsize = in_rows * in_cols * in_bytes # Total image size
in_imgtype = 'i' # Structure of data.
in_iswap = 'Y' # In byteswap.

file = open(srcfile, 'rb')
data = array.array(in_imgtype)
data.fromfile(file,in_imgsize)

if in_iswap == 'Y':
data.byteswap()

Inspiration after I posted The problem was in the data.fromfile line. The second argument should have been rows*cols (rather than rows*cols*bytes).

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