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include ../../_includes/_mixins

p
    |  Look up strings by 64-bit hashes. As of v2.0, spaCy uses hash values
    |  instead of integer IDs. This ensures that strings always map to the
    |  same ID, even from different #[code StringStores].

+h(2, "init") StringStore.__init__
    +tag method

p
    |  Create the #[code StringStore].

+aside-code("Example").
    from spacy.strings import StringStore
    stringstore = StringStore([u'apple', u'orange'])

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row
        +cell #[code strings]
        +cell iterable
        +cell A sequence of unicode strings to add to the store.

    +footrow
        +cell returns
        +cell #[code StringStore]
        +cell The newly constructed object.

+h(2, "len") StringStore.__len__
    +tag method

p Get the number of strings in the store.

+aside-code("Example").
    stringstore = StringStore([u'apple', u'orange'])
    assert len(stringstore) == 2

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +footrow
        +cell returns
        +cell int
        +cell The number of strings in the store.

+h(2, "getitem") StringStore.__getitem__
    +tag method

p Retrieve a string from a given hash, or vice versa.

+aside-code("Example").
    stringstore = StringStore([u'apple', u'orange'])
    apple_hash = stringstore[u'apple']
    assert apple_hash == 8566208034543834098L
    assert stringstore[apple_hash] == u'apple'

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row
        +cell #[code string_or_id]
        +cell bytes, unicode or uint64
        +cell The value to encode.

    +footrow
        +cell returns
        +cell unicode or int
        +cell The value to be retrieved.

+h(2, "contains") StringStore.__contains__
    +tag method

p Check whether a string is in the store.

+aside-code("Example").
    stringstore = StringStore([u'apple', u'orange'])
    assert u'apple' in stringstore == True
    assert u'cherry' in stringstore == False

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row
        +cell #[code string]
        +cell unicode
        +cell The string to check.

    +footrow
        +cell returns
        +cell bool
        +cell Whether the store contains the string.

+h(2, "iter") StringStore.__iter__
    +tag method

p
    |  Iterate over the strings in the store, in order. Note that a newly
    |  initialised store will always include an empty string #[code ''] at
    |  position #[code 0].

+aside-code("Example").
    stringstore = StringStore([u'apple', u'orange'])
    all_strings = [s for s in stringstore]
    assert all_strings == [u'apple', u'orange']

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +footrow
        +cell yields
        +cell unicode
        +cell A string in the store.

+h(2, "add") StringStore.add
    +tag method
    +tag-new(2)

p Add a string to the #[code StringStore].

+aside-code("Example").
    stringstore = StringStore([u'apple', u'orange'])
    stringstore.add(u'banana')
    assert len(stringstore) == 3
    assert stringstore[u'banana'] == 2525716904149915114L

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row
        +cell #[code string]
        +cell unicode
        +cell The string to add.

    +footrow
        +cell returns
        +cell uint64
        +cell The string's hash value.


+h(2, "to_disk") StringStore.to_disk
    +tag method
    +tag-new(2)

p Save the current state to a directory.

+aside-code("Example").
    stringstore.to_disk('/path/to/strings')

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row
        +cell #[code path]
        +cell unicode or #[code Path]
        +cell
            |  A path to a directory, which will be created if it doesn't exist.
            |  Paths may be either strings or #[code Path]-like objects.

+h(2, "from_disk") StringStore.from_disk
    +tag method
    +tag-new(2)

p Loads state from a directory. Modifies the object in place and returns it.

+aside-code("Example").
    from spacy.strings import StringStore
    stringstore = StringStore().from_disk('/path/to/strings')

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row
        +cell #[code path]
        +cell unicode or #[code Path]
        +cell
            |  A path to a directory. Paths may be either strings or
            |  #[code Path]-like objects.

    +footrow
        +cell returns
        +cell #[code StringStore]
        +cell The modified #[code StringStore] object.

+h(2, "to_bytes") StringStore.to_bytes
    +tag method

p Serialize the current state to a binary string.

+aside-code("Example").
    store_bytes = stringstore.to_bytes()

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row
        +cell #[code **exclude]
        +cell -
        +cell Named attributes to prevent from being serialized.

    +footrow
        +cell returns
        +cell bytes
        +cell The serialized form of the #[code StringStore] object.

+h(2, "from_bytes") StringStore.from_bytes
    +tag method

p Load state from a binary string.

+aside-code("Example").
    fron spacy.strings import StringStore
    store_bytes = stringstore.to_bytes()
    new_store = StringStore().from_bytes(store_bytes)

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row
        +cell #[code bytes_data]
        +cell bytes
        +cell The data to load from.

    +row
        +cell #[code **exclude]
        +cell -
        +cell Named attributes to prevent from being loaded.

    +footrow
        +cell returns
        +cell #[code StringStore]
        +cell The #[code StringStore] object.