TypeError: data type not understood in Python fromfile -

i trying read binary file using following command:

import numpy np fid = open(filename, 'rb') ax = np.fromfile(fid, dtype=np.int32, count=1) 

this command working fine, however

ay = np.fromfile(fid, dtype=np.char, count=16) 

gives typeerror: data type not understood. idea how can read character type?

your desired data type non-existent, np.char a module.

take @ numpy datatypes, cover byte representation using np.byte, np.int8.