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<MAN>
  <LANGUAGE>eng</LANGUAGE>
  <TITLE>write4b</TITLE>
  <TYPE>Scilab Function</TYPE>
  <DATE>April 1993</DATE>
  <SHORT_DESCRIPTION name="write4b"> fortran file binary write</SHORT_DESCRIPTION>
  <CALLING_SEQUENCE>
    <CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>write4b(file-name,a [,rec])  </CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>
  </CALLING_SEQUENCE>
  <PARAM>
    <PARAM_INDENT>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>file-name</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: string or integer</SP>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>rec</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: vector of positive integers. the selected records for direct access. This vector size must be equal to the number of rows of <VERB>a</VERB></SP>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
    </PARAM_INDENT>
  </PARAM>
  <DESCRIPTION>
    <P>
    writes in binary format the matrix <VERB>a</VERB> in the file
    <VERB>'filename'</VERB>. Matrix entries are  stored on 8 byte words</P>
    <P>
    For direct record access, file must have been previously opened using
    <VERB>file</VERB> function to set the record_length. <VERB>file-name</VERB> must be
    the result of the <VERB>file</VERB> function.</P>
  </DESCRIPTION>
  <SEE_ALSO>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>file</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>readb</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>write</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>mput</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>read4b</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
  </SEE_ALSO>
</MAN>
