dat files with visual C++

haai i am trying to work on a channel acquisition module, there were some dat files created in visual c++giving some noise n freq offset parameters, wat are the dat files that are created?? wat does the length(quad.dat) give??
the following is the beginnning of the code..
load quad_i.dat;
load quad_q.dat;

NCO_size=2048;
NCO_scale=((2^15)-1)/sqrt(2);
fs=460800;
quadop=zeros(1,length(quad_i));
quadop=quad_i+j*quad_q;

Code:

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load quad_i.dat;
load quad_q.dat;

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What language is that? Is this what's in the dat file or the source code?

Quote:

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wat does the length(quad.dat) give??

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Did you mean length(quad_i) ?

I'm not familiar with a function length from standard libraries.


Dat files are not 'standardized' as a format - they are a generic extension with little definition (and an old idea now).

dat files could contain binary data, text, mixtures - anything. Only the application that created it would 'understand' it - and, of course, you'd need documentation or reverse engineering of source (or nefarious means) to figure out what's really in it.