#!/usr/bin/python

import numpy as np

struct = np.dtype([('i1',np.int32),('s','S8'),('i2',np.int32),('i3',np.int32),('f1',np.float64),('i4',np.int32)])

a = np.fromfile('to_be_read.dat',dtype=struct)
print a

print a[0]
print a[0][4]
print a['f1']