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# scipy.io.arff.loadarff

`scipy.io.arff.``loadarff`(filename)

  Read an arff file.

  Args: | filename: str the name of the file
  Returns: | data: record array the data of the arff file. Each record corresponds to one attribute. meta: MetaData this contains informations about the arff file, like type and names of attributes, the relation (name of the dataset), etc...
  Note: | This function should be able to read most arff files. Not implemented functionalities include: date type attributes string type attributes It can read files with numeric and nominal attributes. It can read files with sparse data (? in the file).

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