NAME

PDL::IO::Pnm -- pnm format I/O for PDL

SYNOPSIS

use PDL::IO::Pnm;
$im = wpnm $pdl, $file, $format[, $raw];
rpnm $stack->slice(':,:,:,(0)'),"PDL.ppm";

DESCRIPTION

pnm I/O for PDL.

rpnm

Read a pnm (portable bitmap/pixmap, pbm/ppm) file into an ndarray.

Usage:  $im = rpnm $file;

Reads a file (or open file-handle) in pnm format (ascii or raw) into a pdl (magic numbers P1-P6). Based on the input format it returns pdls with arrays of size (width,height) if binary or grey value data (pbm and pgm) or (3,width,height) if rgb data (ppm). This also means for a palette image that the distinction between an image and its lookup table is lost which can be a problem in cases (but can hardly be avoided when using netpbm/pbmplus). Datatype is dependent on the maximum grey/color-component value (for raw and binary formats always PDL_B). rpnm tries to read chopped files by zero padding the missing data (well it currently doesn't, it barfs; I'll probably fix it when it becomes a problem for me ;). You can also read directly into an existing pdl that has to have the right size(!). This can come in handy when you want to read a sequence of images into a datacube.

For details about the formats see appropriate manpages that come with the netpbm/pbmplus packages.

$stack = zeroes(byte,3,500,300,4);
rpnm $stack->slice(':,:,:,(0)'),"PDL.ppm";

reads an rgb image (that had better be of size (500,300)) into the first plane of a 3D RGB datacube (=4D pdl datacube). You can also do inplace transpose/inversion that way.

wpnm

Write a pnm (portable bitmap/pixmap, pbm/ppm) file into a file or open file-handle.

Usage:  $im = wpnm $pdl, $file, $format[, $raw];

Writes data in a pdl into pnm format (ascii or raw) (magic numbers P1-P6). The $format is required (normally produced by wpic) and routine just checks if data is compatible with that format. All conversions should already have been done. If possible, usage of wpic is preferred. Currently RAW format is chosen if compliant with range of input data. Explicit control of ASCII/RAW is possible through the optional $raw argument. If RAW is set to zero it will enforce ASCII mode. Enforcing RAW is somewhat meaningless as the routine will always try to write RAW format if the data range allows (but maybe it should reduce to a RAW supported type when RAW == 'RAW'?). For details about the formats consult appropriate manpages that come with the netpbm/pbmplus packages.

BUGS

rpnm currently relies on the fact that the header is separated from the image data by a newline. This is not required by the p[bgp]m formats (in fact any whitespace is allowed) but most of the pnm writers seem to comply with that. Truncated files are currently treated ungracefully (rpnm just barfs).

AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1996,1997 Christian Soeller <c.soeller@auckland.ac.nz> All rights reserved. There is no warranty. You are allowed to redistribute this software / documentation under certain conditions. For details, see the file COPYING in the PDL distribution. If this file is separated from the PDL distribution, the copyright notice should be included in the file.

Read in a raw pnm file.

read a raw pnm file. The type argument is only there to determine the type of the operation when creating im or trigger the appropriate type conversion (maybe we want a byte+ here so that im follows strictly the type of type). ' );

pp_def( 'pnminascii', Pars => 'type(); byte+ [o] im(m,n)', OtherPars => 'IV ms => m; IV ns => n; int format; PerlIO *fp', GenericTypes => [qw(B U S L)], CHeader => qq{#include "get.h"\n}, Code => q? int ns = $SIZE(n), s, i; switch ($COMP(format)) { case PBM: broadcastloop %{ /* with top to bottom inversion */ for (i=ns-1; i>= 0; i--) { loop(m) %{ while ((s = PerlIO_getc($COMP(fp))) != EOF) { switch (s) { case '#': /* comment, skip rest of line */ SWALLOWLINE($COMP(fp)); break; case '0': case '1': /* invert on the fly */ $im(n=>i,m=>m) = 1 - (s - '0'); goto $PPSYM()next; break; case ' ': case '\t': case '\r': case '\n': case ',': /* skip whitespace */ break; default: /* garbage */ $CROAK("found garbage, aborting"); /* for now */ break; } } $PPSYM()next: ; %} } %} break; case PGM: case PPM: broadcastloop %{ /* with top to bottom inversion */ PDL_Long j; for (i=ns-1; i>= 0; i--) { loop(m) %{ if (getint($COMP(fp),&j) <= 0) $CROAK("found garbage, aborting"); /* for now */ $im(n=>i,m=>m) = j; %} } %} break; default: $CROAK("unknown PNM format"); break; } /* end switch */ ?, Doc => ' =for ref

Read in an ascii pnm file. ' );

# write a line of data supporting broadcasting ! pp_def( 'pnmout', Pars => 'a(m);', 'NoPthread' => 1, # Pthreading doesn't make sense for an IO function OtherPars => "int israw; int isbin; PerlIO *fp", GenericTypes => [qw(B U S L)], Code => ' if ($COMP(israw)) { if ($COMP(isbin)) { broadcastloop %{ int k=0, bit=0; loop(m) %{ k = (k << 1) | ($a() < 1); bit++; if (bit==8) { PerlIO_putc($COMP(fp),k); bit = k = 0; } %} if (bit) { k = k << (8-bit); PerlIO_putc($COMP(fp),k); } %} } else { PDL_Indx len = $SIZE(m) * sizeof($GENERIC()); broadcastloop %{ PDL_Indx this_len = len; while (1) { PDL_Indx wrote = PerlIO_write($COMP(fp),$P(a),this_len); if (wrote < 0) $CROAK("Error writing pnm file: %s", strerror(errno)); this_len -= wrote; if (this_len <= 0) break; } %} } } else { PDL_Indx len=0; broadcastloop %{ loop(m) %{ PerlIO_printf($COMP(fp),"%3d ",$COMP(isbin) ? ($a() < 1) :$a()); len +=4; if (len>58) { PerlIO_printf($COMP(fp),"\n"); len=0; } %} if (len<=58) PerlIO_printf($COMP(fp),"\n"); %} } ', Doc => ' =for ref

Write a line of pnm data.

This function is implemented this way so that broadcasting works naturally. ');

pp_done();