Skipping data in a binary file in Python

Question

I'm writing a file reader for my (binary) format and I sometimes need to skip some portion of the file.

I could do fileobject.read(howmuchtoskip) for that, but I guess that will load the unneeded part to memory and will be slow.

Can I just set the "index" of the "pointer" or whatever that's called?

Dan D. · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-03 08:35:59Z

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Use fileobject.seek(offset).

answered Jul 3, 2011 at 8:35

Dan D.

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