tf.contrib.lookup.string_to_index

tf.contrib.lookup.string_to_index(
    tensor,
    mapping,
    default_value=-1,
    name=None
)

Defined in tensorflow/contrib/lookup/lookup_ops.py.

Maps tensor of strings into int64 indices based on mapping. (deprecated)

THIS FUNCTION IS DEPRECATED. It will be removed after 2017-01-07. Instructions for updating: This op will be removed after the deprecation date. Please switch to index_table_from_tensor and call the lookup method of the returned table.

This operation converts tensor of strings into int64 indices. The mapping is initialized from a string mapping tensor where each element is a key and corresponding index within the tensor is the value.

Any entry in the input which does not have a corresponding entry in 'mapping' (an out-of-vocabulary entry) is assigned the default_value

Elements in mapping cannot be duplicated, otherwise the initialization will throw a FailedPreconditionError.

The underlying table must be initialized by calling tf.tables_initializer.run() once.

For example:

mapping_strings = tf.constant(["emerson", "lake", "palmer"])
feats = tf.constant(["emerson", "lake", "and", "palmer"])
ids = tf.contrib.lookup.string_to_index(
    feats, mapping=mapping_strings, default_value=-1)
...
tf.tables_initializer().run()

ids.eval()  ==> [0, 1, -1, 2]

Args:

• tensor: A 1-D input Tensor with the strings to map to indices.
• mapping: A 1-D string Tensor that specifies the mapping of strings to indices.
• default_value: The int64 value to use for out-of-vocabulary strings. Defaults to -1.
• name: A name for this op (optional).

Returns:

The mapped indices. It has the same shape and tensor type (dense or sparse) as tensor.