on.html#reading-and-transforming-data">view current version</a>.
</div>
<div id="reading-and-transforming-data" class="section level2">
<h2><span class="header-section-number">12.1</span> Reading and Transforming Data</h2>
<p>The reading and transforming data steps are the same for sampling,
optimization and diagnostics.</p>
<div id="read-data" class="section level3 unnumbered">
<h3>Read Data</h3>
<p>The first step of execution is to read data into memory. Data may be
read in through file (in CmdStan) or th