the current Instance object.

instance_v01.scala

object Instance {
    def parseString( instanceAsCSVString: String): Instance = {
        def extractFeatureValues( parsedInstance: Array[ String]): List[ Double] = {
            val featuresStartIndex = 0
            val featuresEndIndex = parsedInstance.length - 2
            
            val featureBuffer = new ListBuffer[Double]()
            for ( index <- featuresStartIndex to featuresEndIndex) {
                featureBuffer += parsedInstance( index).toDouble
            }
            featureBuffer.toList
        }
        val parsedInstance = instanceAsCSVString.split( ",")
        val featureValues = extractFeatureValues( parsedInstance)
        val classLabelIndex = parsedInstance.length - 1
        val classLabel = parsedInstance( classLabelIndex)
        new Instance( featureValues, Some( classLabel))
    }   
}