3.14.2.1 binary

The ‘binary‘ keyword allows a data file to be binary as opposed to ASCII. There are two formats for binary–matrix binary and general binary. Matrix binary is a fixed format in which data appears in a 2D array with an extra row and column for coordinate values. General binary is a flexible format for which details about the file must be given at the command line.

See ‘binary matrix‘ or ‘binary general‘ for more details.