edu.tufts.cs.geometry
Class NumericArrayParser

java.lang.Object
  edu.tufts.cs.geometry.NumericArrayParser

public class NumericArrayParser
extends java.lang.Object

A NumericArrayParser contains methods to read in a double valued array from a string or a file. It handles only numeric values, discarding all text. It creates an array in greedily by choosing the longest contiguous set of lines with the same dimensional data.

Constructor Summary

NumericArrayParser()

Method Summary

static double[][]	parse(java.io.File dataFile) Parses a file containing a numeric data set and returns a matrix representing that data set.
static double[][]	parse(java.lang.String data) Parses a string containing a numeric data set and returns a matrix representing that data set.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NumericArrayParser

public NumericArrayParser()

Method Detail

parse

public static double[][] parse(java.lang.String data)

Parses a string containing a numeric data set and returns a matrix representing that data set. If a string contains more than just numbers, the largest dataset withing the string will be returned.

Parameters:

data - the string value to be parsed. Data points must be delimited by newlines.

Returns:

a two dimensional double array containing the matrix representing the data set.

parse

public static double[][] parse(java.io.File dataFile)

Parses a file containing a numeric data set and returns a matrix representing that data set. If a file contains more than just numbers, the largest dataset withing the file will be returned.

Parameters:

data - the file containing the values to be parsed. Data points must be delimited by newlines.

Returns:

a two dimensional double array containing the matrix representing the data set.