How to read a bitmap in OCAML?

Question

I want to read a bitmap file (from the file system) using OCAML and store the pixels (the colors) inside an array which have th dimension of the bitmap, each pixel will take

Answer 1

If you don't want to use CAMLIMAGE, usually raw RGB or PNM/PPM (which have an easy to create header format followed by RGB values) images are used. ImageMagick allows you to then view this formats or convert them into more usable formats.