system/include/mrpt/system/vector_loadsave.h

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#pragma once

#include <string>
#include <vector>

namespace mrpt::system
{
/** @defgroup vector_loadsave Load and save vectors to files
 * Header: `#include <mrpt/system/vector_loadsave.h>`.
 * Library: \ref mrpt_system_grp
 * \ingroup mrpt_system_grp
 * @{ */

/** A useful function for debugging, which saves a std::vector into a text file
 * (compat. with MATLAB)
 * \return Returns false on any error, true on everything OK.
 */
bool vectorToTextFile(
    const std::vector<float>& vec, const std::string& fileName,
    bool append = false, bool byRows = false);
//! \overload
bool vectorToTextFile(
    const std::vector<double>& vec, const std::string& fileName,
    bool append = false, bool byRows = false);
//! \overload
bool vectorToTextFile(
    const std::vector<int>& vec, const std::string& fileName,
    bool append = false, bool byRows = false);
//! \overload
bool vectorToTextFile(
    const std::vector<size_t>& vec, const std::string& fileName,
    bool append = false, bool byRows = false);
//! \overload
template <class EIGEN_MATRIX>
bool vectorToTextFile(const EIGEN_MATRIX& vec, const std::string& fileName)
{
    try
    {
        vec.saveToTextFile(fileName);
        return true;
    }
    catch (...)
    {
        return false;
    }
}

/** Load a std::vector from a text file (compat. with MATLAB)
 * \return Returns false on any error, true on everything OK.
 * \sa loadBinaryFile
 */
bool vectorFromTextFile(
    std::vector<double>& vec, const std::string& fileName,
    const bool byRows = false);

/** @} */

}  // namespace mrpt::system