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14.5 <tt class=
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Read and write WAV files
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The
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format. It does not support compression/decompression, but it does support
The
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</var><big>[
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</var><big>]
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<var>file
</var> is a string, open the file by that name, other treat it
as a seekable file-like object.
<var>mode
</var> can be any of
<DT><STRONG><code>'r'
</code>,
<code>'rb'
</code></STRONG></DT>
<DT><STRONG><code>'w'
</code>,
<code>'wb'
</code></STRONG></DT>
Note that it does not allow read/write WAV files.
A
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<code>'r'
</code> or
<code>'rb'
</code> returns a
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<var>mode
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<code>'wb'
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<var>mode
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<var>file
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<var>mode
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A synonym for
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An error raised when something is impossible because it violates the
WAV specification or hits an implementation deficiency.
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