datasets

Description

Loading datasets into Pharo

Details

Source

GitHub

Dialect

pharo (65% confidence)

License

MIT

Stars

10

Forks

2

Created

Aug. 4, 2019

Updated

Feb. 12, 2026

Topics

dataset machine-learning pharo smalltalk

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README excerpt

# Pharo Datasets

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Datasets library is used to load datasets in Pharo. The datasets are loaded as [DataFrame](https://github.com/PolyMathOrg/DataFrame/) objects.

## Installation

To install `Datasets`, go to the Playground (`Ctrl+OW`) in your [Pharo](https://pharo.org/) image and execute the following Metacello script (select it and press Do-it button or `Ctrl+D`):

```smalltalk
Metacello new
  baseline: 'AIDatasets';
  repository: 'github://pharo-ai/datasets';
  load.
```

## If you want to depend on it

```smalltalk
spec 
   baseline: 'AIDatasets' 
   with: [ spec repository: 'github://pharo-ai/datasets' ].
```

## Usage

To load a dataset, using `AIDataSets loadXYZ`. For example:

```smalltalk
AIDatasets loadBostonHousing.
AIDatasets loadBreastCancer.
AIDatasets loadWine.
AIDatasets loadDiabetes.
AIDatasets loadDigits.
AIDatasets loadMnistTest.
AIDatasets loadIris.
AIDatasets loadOldFaithful.
```

Loading a new dataset involves downloading the CSV file into the data/ directory in the local folder of your image. Then the data is read from the file and returned to you as a DataFrame object.