is there a way to convert an audio file into a char array?

[Gary Kline]

	In working toward my goal of writing a keyboard driver with builtin
	clicks, I'm investigating different angles.  One would be to find
	existing audio files and catting then thru /dev/dsp.  

	Is there a way of turning any audio file/format into a character
	array---in the way that a graphic can be turned into a character
	array?
	
	For example, I turned the graphic of a small arrow to the following:

unsigned char uparrow_bits[] = {
   0x80, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x07, 0xf0, 0x0f, 0xf8, 0x1f, 0xfc, 0x3f,
   0xfe, 0x7f, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xf8, 0x1f, 0xf8, 0x1f, 0xf8, 0x1f};

	Are there tools to do the same with a .au or .wav file?

	tia,

	gary

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