idx2r-package {idx2r}

Convert Files to and from IDX Format to Vectors, Matrices and Arrays in R

Description

Convert files to and from IDX format to arrays in R. IDX is a format to store vector and arrays in binary format. Reading IDX format is needed for instance to use the MNIST database of handwritten digits from http://yann.lecun.com/exdb/mnist/ provided by Yann LeCun.

Author(s)

Erik Doffagne

See Also

Useful links:

• https://github.com/edoffagne/idx2r

Examples

m = matrix(1:16, nrow = 4)
file_name = file.path(tempdir(),"m.idx")
write_idx(m, file_name)
mr = read_idx(file_name)