Reading .bz2 files

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roymond

in Programming Questions • 2 years ago

In the book "Visualizing Data" it mentions that BZIP (.bz) files can be read directly by the Processing API methods loadstrings(), createReader(), etc.

Does this also apply to .bz2 files? I've not been able to crack it, but this would be tremendously helpful. Any insights much appreciated.

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PhiLho

Re: Reading .gz2 files

2 years ago

I don't know the .gz2 format, are you sure you don't mean .bz2?
If so, you need to search if a BZ2 library exists for Java.

roymond

Re: Re: Reading .gz2 files

2 years ago

Yes, sorry for the typo! .bz2 is correct. I'll check for a Java library. Thanks.

PhiLho

Re: Reading .bz2 files

2 years ago

You corrected too much, the first part of your question is still about Gzip (.gz). .bz files doesn't exist either.
Java can handle Gzip files and Zip files natively, but not .bz2 nor other formats (.7z, .rar, etc.). You need a library for that.

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