# beachmat: C++ API to R matrices
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This package provides a consistent C++ class interface for reading a variety of R matrix types,
based on the [**tatami**](https://github.com/tatami-inc/tatami/) C++ library for matrix representations.
Check out the developer guide on the [Bioconductor landing page](https://bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/html/beachmat.html) for more details.