tf.gather

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Gather slices from params axis axis according to indices.

Aliases:

tf.gather(
    params,
    indices,
    validate_indices=None,
    name=None,
    axis=None,
    batch_dims=0
)

Gather slices from params axis axis according to indices. indices must be an integer tensor of any dimension (usually 0-D or 1-D).

For 0-D (scalar) indices:

output

\([p_0, ..., p_{axis-1}, \hspace{5.1em} p_{axis + 1}, ..., p_{N-1}]\)
=
params
\([p_0, ..., p_{axis-1}, \hspace{1em} indices, \hspace{1em} p_{axis + 1}, ..., p_{N-1}]\)
.

For 1-D (vector) indices with batch_dims=0:

output

\([p_0, ..., p_{axis-1}, \hspace{2.6em} i, \hspace{2.6em} p_{axis + 1}, ..., p_{N-1}]\)
=
params
\([p_0, ..., p_{axis-1}, \hspace{1em} indices[i], \hspace{1em} p_{axis + 1}, ..., p_{N-1}]\)
.

In the general case, produces an output tensor where:

$$\begin{align*} output[p_0, &..., p_{axis-1}, & &i_{B}, ..., i_{M-1}, & p_{axis + 1}, &..., p_{N-1}] = \\ params[p_0, &..., p_{axis-1}, & indices[p_0, ..., p_{B-1}, &i_{B}, ..., i_{M-1}], & p_{axis + 1}, &..., p_{N-1}] \end{align*}$$

Where

\(N\)
=ndims(params),
\(M\)
=ndims(indices), and
\(B\)
=batch_dims. Note that params.shape[:batch_dims] must be identical to indices.shape[:batch_dims].

The shape of the output tensor is:

output.shape = params.shape[:axis] + indices.shape[batch_dims:] + params.shape[axis + 1:].

Note that on CPU, if an out of bound index is found, an error is returned. On GPU, if an out of bound index is found, a 0 is stored in the corresponding output value.

See also tf.gather_nd.

Args:

  • params: The Tensor from which to gather values. Must be at least rank axis + 1.
  • indices: The index Tensor. Must be one of the following types: int32, int64. Must be in range [0, params.shape[axis]).
  • validate_indices: Deprecated, does nothing.
  • axis: A Tensor. Must be one of the following types: int32, int64. The axis in params to gather indices from. Must be greater than or equal to batch_dims. Defaults to the first non-batch dimension. Supports negative indexes.
  • batch_dims: An integer. The number of batch dimensions. Must be less than rank(indices).
  • name: A name for the operation (optional).

Returns:

A Tensor. Has the same type as params.