Read an ARFF file

Source: R/read.R

Reads a dataset from an ARFF file, parsing each section and converting the data section into a data.frame.

read.arff(file, stringsAsFactors = FALSE)

Arguments

file

Name of the file to read the data from
stringsAsFactors

Logical: should string attributes be converted to factors? (nominal attributes are always converted to factors)

Value

A data.frame with some attributes:

  • attributes: a named vector indicating the type of each variable

  • relation: the original @relation of the dataset

Use attr.names(), attr.types() and relation() to consult attribute names, types and the name of the dataset, respectively.

Examples


library(yarr)
yeast <- read.arff("yeast.arff")
#> Warning: no fue posible abrir el archivo 'yeast.arff': No existe el fichero o el directorio
#> Error in file(arff_file, "rb"): no se puede abrir la conexión