# How can Tensorflow be used to build vocabulary from tokenized words for Illiad dataset using Python?

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Tensorflow is a machine learning framework that is provided by Google. It is an open-source framework used in conjunction with Python to implement algorithms, deep learning applications, and much more. It is used in research and for production purposes. It has optimization techniques that help in performing complicated mathematical operations quickly. This is because it uses NumPy and multi-dimensional arrays. These multi-dimensional arrays are also known as ‘tensors’. The framework supports working with deep neural networks.

Tensor is a data structure used in TensorFlow. It helps connect edges in a flow diagram. This flow diagram is known as the ‘Data flow graph’. Tensors are nothing but a multidimensional array or a list.

We will be using the Illiad’s dataset, which contains text data of three translation works from William Cowper, Edward (Earl of Derby) and Samuel Butler. The model is trained to identify the translator when a single line of text is given. The text files used have been preprocessing. This includes removing the document header and footer, line numbers and chapter titles.

We are using Google Colaboratory to run the below code. Google Colab or Colaboratory helps run Python code over the browser and requires zero configuration and free access to GPUs (Graphical Processing Units). Colaboratory has been built on top of Jupyter Notebook.

## Example

Following is the code snippet −

print("Build a vocabulary using the tokens")
tokenized_ds = configure_dataset(tokenized_ds)
vocab_dict = collections.defaultdict(lambda: 0)
for toks in tokenized_ds.as_numpy_iterator():
for tok in toks:
vocab_dict[tok] += 1
print("Sort the vocabulary")
vocab = sorted(vocab_dict.items(), key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
vocab = [token for token, count in vocab]
vocab = vocab[:VOCAB_SIZE]
vocab_size = len(vocab)
print("The vocabulary size is : ", vocab_size)
print("First six vocabulary entries are :", vocab[:6])

## Output

Build a vocabulary using the tokens
Sort the vocabulary
The vocabulary size is : 10000
First six vocabulary entries are : [b',', b'the', b'and', b"'", b'of', b'.']

Next, you will build a vocabulary by sorting tokens by frequency and keeping the top VOCAB_SIZE tokens.

## Explanation

• A vocabulary is built after sorting the tokens based on their frequency.

• A few of the vocabulary entries are displayed on the console.

Published on 19-Jan-2021 07:50:49