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TensorDictBase.from_csv#

classmethod TensorDictBase.from_csv(path, *, auto_batch_size: bool = False, batch_dims: int | None = None, device: device | None = None, batch_size: Size | None = None, separator: str | None = None, dtype: dtype | None = None, **kwargs) → Self#

Reads a CSV file into a tensordict, with one entry per column.

Requires pandas or pyarrow: the file is read with pandas.read_csv() when pandas is installed, and with pyarrow.csv.read_csv otherwise. The columns are converted as in from_pandas(). to_csv() writes such a file. Through pandas, a string column is one value for the whole batch (see the note in from_pandas()); through pyarrow, it is a NonTensorStack with one value per row.

Parameters:

path (str or Path) – the path of the CSV file.

Keyword Arguments:
  • auto_batch_size (bool, optional) – if True, sets the batch size to the largest leading shape that all the entries share. Exclusive with batch_size. Defaults to False.

  • batch_dims (int, optional) – with auto_batch_size, the maximum number of batch dimensions. Ignored without auto_batch_size, with a FutureWarning when it would change the result. Starting with TensorDict 0.17, the default will change to turning on auto_batch_size when batch_dims is given, as from_dict does. Defaults to None.

  • device (device, str or int, optional) – the device of the result. Leaves on another device are moved to it. None leaves each leaf where it is, and the result has no device. Defaults to None.

  • batch_size (Size or list of int, optional) – the batch size of the result: the leading dimensions that all its entries share. Exclusive with auto_batch_size. Defaults to None, which gives [num_rows].

  • separator (str, optional) – if given, splits the column names on it to build nested entries: with separator=".", the column "obs.x" becomes the entry ("obs", "x"). Defaults to None, which keeps the column names as keys.

  • dtype (dtype, optional) – if given, casts the numeric and boolean columns to it. Defaults to None, which keeps the dtype of each column.

  • **kwargs – passed to the CSV reader.

Returns:

A tensordict of the class this method is called on (TensorDict for TensorDictBase).

Examples

>>> import os
>>> import tempfile
>>> import torch
>>> from tensordict import TensorDict
>>> data = TensorDict(obs=torch.arange(3.0), reward=torch.ones(3), batch_size=[3])
>>> with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
...     path = os.path.join(tmpdir, "data.csv")
...     data.to_csv(path)
...     td = TensorDict.from_csv(path)
...     td32 = TensorDict.from_csv(path, dtype=torch.float32)
>>> td.batch_size, td["obs"].dtype, td32["obs"].dtype
(torch.Size([3]), torch.float64, torch.float32)

Every tensordict class and every tensorclass has this method. For the other methods, see Methods by task.