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14.5 <tt class="module">wave</tt> --
Read and write WAV files</A>
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The <tt class="module">wave</tt> module provides a convenient interface to the WAV sound
format. It does not support compression/decompression, but it does support
mono/stereo.
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The <tt class="module">wave</tt> module defines the following function and exception:
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-3549"><tt class="function">open</tt></a></b>(<var>file</var><big>[</big><var>, mode</var><big>]</big>)
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If <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
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<DT><STRONG><code>'r'</code>, <code>'rb'</code></STRONG></DT>
<DD>Read only mode.
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<DT><STRONG><code>'w'</code>, <code>'wb'</code></STRONG></DT>
<DD>Write only mode.
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Note that it does not allow read/write WAV files.
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A <var>mode</var> of <code>'r'</code> or <code>'rb'</code> returns a <tt class="class">Wave_read</tt>
object, while a <var>mode</var> of <code>'w'</code> or <code>'wb'</code> returns
a <tt class="class">Wave_write</tt> object. If <var>mode</var> is omitted and a file-like
object is passed as <var>file</var>, <code><var>file</var>.mode</code> is used as the
default value for <var>mode</var> (the "<tt class="character">b</tt>" flag is still added if
necessary).
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-3550"><tt class="function">openfp</tt></a></b>(<var>file, mode</var>)
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A synonym for <tt class="function">open()</tt>, maintained for backwards compatibility.
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<dl><dt><b><span class="typelabel">exception</span> <a name="l2h-3551"><tt class="exception">Error</tt></a></b>
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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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