Really, the best thing is to use numeric IDs. Hash the string or otherwise turn them into numbers first.
if you really need to work with Strings, see the IDMigrator class which provides a little automatic help in doing so. On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Amit Mahale <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I was playing with Mahout and found that the FileDataModel accepts data in > the format > > userId,itemId,pref(long,long,Double). > > The data that i want to experiment with is of the format > > String,long,double > > What is the best/easiest method to work with this dataset on Mahout, > Inputs > please.. > > Thanks >
