pydicom.fileutil.find_delimiter

pydicom.fileutil.find_delimiter(fp, delimiter, is_little_endian, read_size=128, rewind=True)[source]

Return file position where 4-byte delimiter is located.

Parameters

  • delimiter (int) – The delimiter to search for.

  • is_little_endian (bool) – True if little endian, False otherwise.

  • read_size (int) – See find_bytes() for parameter info.

  • rewind (bool) – Flag to rewind to initial position after searching.

Returns

Returns None if end of file is reached without finding the delimiter, otherwise the byte offset to the delimiter.

Return type

int or None