readsparse

Read and Write Sparse Matrices in 'SVMLight' and 'LibSVM' Formats

Last update: 27 November 2023

Software version identifier: 0.1.5-3, 0.1.1-2, 0.1.2-1, 0.1.2-2, 0.1.2, 0.1.3, 0.1.5-1, 0.1.5-2, 0.1.5-5, 0.1.5, 0.1.5-6

Copyright license: 2-clause BSD License, File License

Description

Read and write labelled sparse matrices in text format as used by software such as 'SVMLight', 'LibSVM', 'ThunderSVM', 'LibFM', 'xLearn', 'XGBoost', 'LightGBM', and others. Supports labelled data for regression, classification (binary, multi-class, multi-label), and ranking (with 'qid' field), and can handle header metadata and comments in files.