hotpdf.sparse_matrix.SparseMatrix

class hotpdf.sparse_matrix.SparseMatrix(rows: int = 0, columns: int = 0)

2D representation of a PDF in plain text format.

Sparse matrix removes the need to keep in memory the blank spaces that are present in a PDF. Thus reducing memory usage drastically.

__init__(rows: int = 0, columns: int = 0)

Methods

__init__([rows, columns])
get(row_idx, column_idx)
insert(value, row_idx, column_idx)