TensorSpec

class torchrl.data.TensorSpec(shape: torch.Size, space: Union[None, Box], device: torch.device | None = <property object>, dtype: torch.dtype = torch.float32, domain: str = '')

Parent class of the tensor meta-data containers for observation, actions and rewards.

Parameters:

• shape (torch.Size) – size of the tensor

• space (Box) – Box instance describing what kind of values can be expected

• device (torch.device) – device of the tensor

• dtype (torch.dtype) – dtype of the tensor

assert_is_in(value: Tensor) → None

Asserts whether a tensor belongs to the box, and raises an exception otherwise.

Parameters:

value (torch.Tensor) – value to be checked.

clear_device_()

A no-op for all leaf specs (which must have a device).

contains(item)

Returns whether a sample is contained within the space defined by the TensorSpec.

See is_in() for more information.

encode(val: Union[ndarray, Tensor], *, ignore_device=False) → Tensor

Encodes a value given the specified spec, and return the corresponding tensor.

Parameters:

val (np.ndarray or torch.Tensor) – value to be encoded as tensor.

Keyword Arguments:

ignore_device (bool, optional) – if True, the spec device will be ignored. This is used to group tensor casting within a call to TensorDict(..., device="cuda") which is faster.

Returns:

torch.Tensor matching the required tensor specs.

abstract expand(*shape)

Returns a new Spec with the extended shape.

Parameters:

*shape (tuple or iterable of int) – the new shape of the Spec. Must comply with the current shape: its length must be at least as long as the current shape length, and its last values must be complient too; ie they can only differ from it if the current dimension is a singleton.

flatten(start_dim, end_dim)

Flattens a tensorspec.

Check flatten() for more information on this method.

classmethod implements_for_spec(torch_function: Callable) → Callable

Register a torch function override for TensorSpec.

abstract index(index: Union[int, Tensor, ndarray, slice, List], tensor_to_index: Tensor) → Tensor

Indexes the input tensor.

Parameters:

• index (int, torch.Tensor, slice or list) – index of the tensor

• tensor_to_index – tensor to be indexed

Returns:

indexed tensor

abstract is_in(val: Tensor) → bool

If the value val is in the box defined by the TensorSpec, returns True, otherwise False.

Parameters:

val (torch.Tensor) – value to be checked

Returns:

boolean indicating if values belongs to the TensorSpec box

project(val: Tensor) → Tensor

If the input tensor is not in the TensorSpec box, it maps it back to it given some heuristic.

Parameters:

val (torch.Tensor) – tensor to be mapped to the box.

Returns:

a torch.Tensor belonging to the TensorSpec box.

abstract rand(shape=None) → Tensor

Returns a random tensor in the space defined by the spec. The sampling will be uniform unless the box is unbounded.

Parameters:

shape (torch.Size) – shape of the random tensor

Returns:

a random tensor sampled in the TensorSpec box.

reshape(*shape)

Reshapes a tensorspec.

Check reshape() for more information on this method.

property sample

Returns a random tensor in the space defined by the spec.

See rand() for details.

squeeze(dim: int | None = None)

Returns a new Spec with all the dimensions of size 1 removed.

When dim is given, a squeeze operation is done only in that dimension.

Parameters:

dim (int or None) – the dimension to apply the squeeze operation to

to_numpy(val: Tensor, safe: Optional[bool] = None) → ndarray

Returns the np.ndarray correspondent of an input tensor.

Parameters:

• val (torch.Tensor) – tensor to be transformed_in to numpy.

• safe (bool) – boolean value indicating whether a check should be performed on the value against the domain of the spec. Defaults to the value of the CHECK_SPEC_ENCODE environment variable.

Returns:

a np.ndarray

type_check(value: Tensor, key: Optional[NestedKey] = None) → None

Checks the input value dtype against the TensorSpec dtype and raises an exception if they don’t match.

Parameters:

• value (torch.Tensor) – tensor whose dtype has to be checked

• key (str, optional) – if the TensorSpec has keys, the value dtype will be checked against the spec pointed by the indicated key.

unflatten(dim, sizes)

Unflattens a tensorspec.

Check unflatten() for more information on this method.

view(*shape)

Reshapes a tensorspec.

Check reshape() for more information on this method.

zero(shape=None) → Tensor

Returns a zero-filled tensor in the box.

Parameters:

shape (torch.Size) – shape of the zero-tensor

Returns:

a zero-filled tensor sampled in the TensorSpec box.