utils.py

import torch
import codecs



def parse_byte(b):
    if isinstance(b, str):
        return ord(b)
    return b


def get_int(b):
    return int(codecs.encode(b, 'hex'), 16)

def read_image_file(path):
    with open(path, 'rb') as f:
        data = f.read()
        assert get_int(data[:4]) == 2051
        length = get_int(data[4:8])
        num_rows = get_int(data[8:12])
        num_cols = get_int(data[12:16])
        images = []
        idx = 16
        for l in range(length):
            img = []
            images.append(img)
            for r in range(num_rows):
                row = []
                img.append(row)
                for c in range(num_cols):
                    row.append(parse_byte(data[idx]))
                    idx += 1
        assert len(images) == length
        return torch.ByteTensor(images).view(-1, 28, 28)



def read_label_file(path):
    with open(path, 'rb') as f:
        data = f.read()
        assert get_int(data[:4]) == 2049
        length = get_int(data[4:8])
        labels = [parse_byte(b) for b in data[8:]]
        assert len(labels) == length
        return torch.LongTensor(labels)