StringStore

class

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 StringStores.

StringStore.init method

Create the StringStore.

Name	Description
`strings`	A sequence of strings to add to the store. Optional[Iterable[str]]

StringStore.len method

Get the number of strings in the store.

Name	Description
RETURNS	The number of strings in the store. int

StringStore.getitem method

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

Name	Description
`string_or_id`	The value to encode. Union[bytes, str, int]
RETURNS	The value to be retrieved. Union[str, int]

StringStore.contains method

Check whether a string is in the store.

Name	Description
`string`	The string to check. str
RETURNS	Whether the store contains the string. bool

StringStore.iter method

Iterate over the strings in the store, in order. Note that a newly initialized store will always include an empty string "" at position 0.

Name	Description
YIELDS	A string in the store. str

StringStore.add method

Add a string to the StringStore.

Name	Description
`string`	The string to add. str
RETURNS	The string’s hash value. int

StringStore.to_disk method

Save the current state to a directory.

Name	Description
`path`	A path to a directory, which will be created if it doesn’t exist. Paths may be either strings or `Path`-like objects. Union[str,Path]

StringStore.from_disk method

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

Name	Description
`path`	A path to a directory. Paths may be either strings or `Path`-like objects. Union[str,Path]
RETURNS	The modified `StringStore` object. StringStore