bit by bit -> Binary File Reader

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Good Day,

I have a binary field, that I need to read bit by bit
Is there a way to read in the actual binary values of a file.

I got this so far, but it reads per byte(quint8)

QDataStream in(&fileLoadBinary);
       int fileSize = fileLoadBinary.size();
       int i = 0;
       QStringList strngLst;
       quint8 tempVariable;
       while(i < fileSize)
       {
           in >> tempVariable;
           qDebug() << tempVariable;
           strngLst.append(QString(tempVariable));
           i++;
       }
       qDebug() << strngLst;

QDataStream in(&fileLoadBinary);
       int fileSize = fileLoadBinary.size();
       int i = 0;
       QStringList strngLst;
       quint8 tempVariable;
       while(i < fileSize)
       {
           in >> tempVariable;
           qDebug() << tempVariable;
           strngLst.append(QString(tempVariable));
           i++;
       }
       qDebug() << strngLst;

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I want the actual binary values of the file(bit by bit)
Whats the way forward?

Help is much appreciated
Kind Regards

[high_flyer]

You can't read less than a byte each time.(at least, not to my knowledge)
But why would you need a bit by bit read?
I am sure the reason will turn out to be not valid.

[Radek]

No way forward. The smallest amount of data you can access is a byte. Reading bit by bit isn't possible. Make a "buffered input stream" that reads byte by byte then process the read data bit by bit.

[wysota]

QDataStream is not a general purpose binary stream, it is a serialization mechanism which expects additional data in the stream when reading from that stream. Use QFile::read() instead.