Hi, is it possible in Java to read in a file such as a jpeg and store the binary data of the file within an int array (assuming it would just be lots of 1's and 0's). help would be appreciated :)

Yeah, you can do it. Have a look at classes in java.io: InputStream and DataInputStream. They offer 'read' methods which reads data from disk and put it into byte arrays. You can use these classes in a Java standalone program. You can't gereally use them in a untrusted applet. Giuseppe

thanks very much, i'll try that then :)

i have tried using the datainput stream but have run into a little trouble, The code i have returns an unsigned byte value where as i would prefer a sequence of 10101 etc. the code i have so far is below. Is there anyway to just get java to return a sequence of the binary values and store it within an array? or do i need to convert each number into an 8 digit binary number? import java.io.*; class Fileatemmpt { public static void main(String args[]) { if (args.length == 1) { try { FileInputStream fstream = new FileInputStream(args[0]); DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(fstream); while (in.available() !=0) { System.out.println (in.readUnsignedByte()); } in.close(); } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println("File input error"); } } else System.out.println("Invalid parameters"); } }