signedIntToRaw: Convert signed integers (short) into a raw vector
Description
This function converts signed integer values into a vector of raw data.
Usage
signedIntToRaw(int_dat)
Value
A vector of the same length as int_dat, holding raw data.
Arguments
int_dat
A vector of integer values, ranging from -128 up to 127.
Author
Pepijn de Vries
Details
This function converts signed integer values [-128,127] into a vector of
raw data. The function
will fail on values that are out of range (< -128 or > 127). To convert
raw data into a vector of unsigned integers use as.integer().
For the inverse of this function see rawToSignedInt().
## generate some signed integers:some.integers <- c(-100, 40, 0, 30, -123)
## convert the signed integers into a vector of raw data:signedIntToRaw(some.integers)