//- 💫 DOCS > API > VECTORS

include ../_includes/_mixins

p
    |  Vectors data is kept in the #[code Vectors.data] attribute, which should
    |  be an instance of #[code numpy.ndarray] (for CPU vectors) or
    |  #[code cupy.ndarray] (for GPU vectors).

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

p
    |  Create a new vector store. To keep the vector table empty, pass
    |  #[code data_or_width=0]. You can also create the vector table and add
    |  vectors one by one, or set the vector values directly on initialisation.

+aside-code("Example").
    from spacy.vectors import Vectors
    from spacy.strings import StringStore

    empty_vectors = Vectors(StringStore())

    vectors = Vectors([u'cat'], 300)
    vectors[u'cat'] = numpy.random.uniform(-1, 1, (300,))

    vector_table = numpy.zeros((3, 300), dtype='f')
    vectors = Vectors(StringStore(), vector_table)

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row
        +cell #[code strings]
        +cell #[code StringStore] or list
        +cell
            |  List of strings, or a #[+api("stringstore") #[code StringStore]]
            |  that maps strings to hash values, and vice versa.

    +row
        +cell #[code data_or_width]
        +cell #[code.u-break numpy.ndarray[ndim=1, dtype='float32']] or int
        +cell Vector data or number of dimensions.

    +row("foot")
        +cell returns
        +cell #[code Vectors]
        +cell The newly created object.

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

p
    |  Get a vector by key. If key is a string, it is hashed to an integer ID
    |  using the #[code Vectors.strings] table. If the integer key is not found
    |  in the table, a #[code KeyError] is raised.

+aside-code("Example").
    vectors = Vectors(StringStore(), 300)
    vectors.add(u'cat', numpy.random.uniform(-1, 1, (300,)))
    cat_vector = vectors[u'cat']

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row
        +cell #[code key]
        +cell unicode / int
        +cell The key to get the vector for.

    +row
        +cell returns
        +cell #[code.u-break numpy.ndarray[ndim=1, dtype='float32']]
        +cell The vector for the key.

+h(2, "setitem") Vectors.__setitem__
    +tag method

p
    |  Set a vector for the given key. If key is a string, it is hashed to an
    |  integer ID using the #[code Vectors.strings] table.

+aside-code("Example").
    vectors = Vectors(StringStore(), 300)
    vectors[u'cat'] = numpy.random.uniform(-1, 1, (300,))

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row
        +cell #[code key]
        +cell unicode / int
        +cell The key to set the vector for.

    +row
        +cell #[code vector]
        +cell #[code.u-break numpy.ndarray[ndim=1, dtype='float32']]
        +cell The vector to set.

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

p Yield vectors from the table.

+aside-code("Example").
    vector_table = numpy.zeros((3, 300), dtype='f')
    vectors = Vectors(StringStore(), vector_table)
    for vector in vectors:
        print(vector)

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row("foot")
        +cell yields
        +cell #[code.u-break numpy.ndarray[ndim=1, dtype='float32']]
        +cell A vector from the table.

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

p Return the number of vectors that have been assigned.

+aside-code("Example").
    vector_table = numpy.zeros((3, 300), dtype='f')
    vectors = Vectors(StringStore(), vector_table)
    assert len(vectors) == 3

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row("foot")
        +cell returns
        +cell int
        +cell The number of vectors in the data.

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

p
    |  Check whether a key has a vector entry in the table. If key is a string,
    |  it is hashed to an integer ID using the #[code Vectors.strings] table.

+aside-code("Example").
    vectors = Vectors(StringStore(), 300)
    vectors.add(u'cat', numpy.random.uniform(-1, 1, (300,)))
    assert u'cat' in vectors

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

    +row("foot")
        +cell returns
        +cell bool
        +cell Whether the key has a vector entry.

+h(2, "add") Vectors.add
    +tag method

p
    |  Add a key to the table, optionally setting a vector value as well. If
    |  key is a string, it is hashed to an integer ID using the
    |  #[code Vectors.strings] table.

+aside-code("Example").
    vectors = Vectors(StringStore(), 300)
    vectors.add(u'cat', numpy.random.uniform(-1, 1, (300,)))

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

    +row
        +cell #[code vector]
        +cell #[code.u-break numpy.ndarray[ndim=1, dtype='float32']]
        +cell An optional vector to add.

+h(2, "items") Vectors.items
    +tag method

p Iterate over #[code (string key, vector)] pairs, in order.

+aside-code("Example").
    vectors = Vectors(StringStore(), 300)
    vectors.add(u'cat', numpy.random.uniform(-1, 1, (300,)))
    for key, vector in vectors.items():
        print(key, vector)

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row("foot")
        +cell yields
        +cell tuple
        +cell #[code (string key, vector)] pairs, in order.

+h(2, "shape") Vectors.shape
    +tag property

p
    |  Get #[code (rows, dims)] tuples of number of rows and number of
    |  dimensions in the vector table.

+aside-code("Example").
    vectors = Vectors(StringStore(), 300)
    vectors.add(u'cat', numpy.random.uniform(-1, 1, (300,)))
    rows, dims = vectors.shape
    assert rows == 1
    assert dims == 300

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row("foot")
        +cell returns
        +cell tuple
        +cell #[code (rows, dims)] pairs.

+h(2, "from_glove") Vectors.from_glove
    +tag method

p
    |  Load #[+a("https://nlp.stanford.edu/projects/glove/") GloVe] vectors from
    |  a directory. Assumes binary format, that the vocab is in a
    |  #[code vocab.txt], and that vectors are named
    |  #[code vectors.{size}.[fd].bin], e.g. #[code vectors.128.f.bin] for 128d
    |  float32 vectors, #[code vectors.300.d.bin] for 300d float64 (double)
    |  vectors, etc. By default GloVe outputs 64-bit vectors.

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row
        +cell #[code path]
        +cell unicode / #[code Path]
        +cell The path to load the GloVe vectors from.

+h(2, "to_disk") Vectors.to_disk
    +tag method

p Save the current state to a directory.

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

+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") Vectors.from_disk
    +tag method

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

+aside-code("Example").
    vectors = Vectors(StringStore())
    vectors.from_disk('/path/to/vectors')

+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.

    +row("foot")
        +cell returns
        +cell #[code Vectors]
        +cell The modified #[code Vectors] object.

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

p Serialize the current state to a binary string.

+aside-code("Example").
    vectors_bytes = vectors.to_bytes()

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

    +row("foot")
        +cell returns
        +cell bytes
        +cell The serialized form of the #[code Vectors] object.

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

p Load state from a binary string.

+aside-code("Example").
    fron spacy.vectors import Vectors
    vectors_bytes = vectors.to_bytes()
    new_vectors = Vectors(StringStore())
    new_vectors.from_bytes(vectors_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.

    +row("foot")
        +cell returns
        +cell #[code Vectors]
        +cell The #[code Vectors] object.

+h(2, "attributes") Attributes

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row
        +cell #[code data]
        +cell #[code numpy.ndarray] / #[code cupy.ndarray]
        +cell
            |  Stored vectors data. #[code numpy] is used for CPU vectors,
            |  #[code cupy] for GPU vectors.

    +row
        +cell #[code key2row]
        +cell dict
        +cell
            |  Dictionary mapping word hashes to rows in the
            |  #[code Vectors.data] table.

    +row
        +cell #[code keys]
        +cell #[code numpy.ndarray]
        +cell
            |  Array keeping the keys in order, such that
            |  #[code keys[vectors.key2row[key]] == key]