# The MNIST dataset provided in a easy-to-use CSV format The [original dataset](http://yann.lecun.com/exdb/mnist/) is in a format that is difficult for beginners to use. This dataset uses the work of [Joseph Redmon](https://pjreddie.com/) to provide the [MNIST dataset in a CSV format](https://pjreddie.com/projects/mnist-in-csv/). The dataset consists of two files: 1. `mnist_train.csv` 2. `mnist_test.csv` The `mnist_train.csv` file contains the 60,000 training examples and labels. The `mnist_test.csv` contains 10,000 test examples and labels. Each row consists of 785 values: the first value is the label (a number from 0 to 9) and the remaining 784 values are the pixel values (a number from 0 to 255).