optuna.distributions.CategoricalDistribution

class optuna.distributions.CategoricalDistribution(choices)[source]

A categorical distribution.

This object is instantiated by suggest_categorical(), and passed to samplers in general.

Parameters

choices (Sequence[Union[None, bool, int, float, str]]) – Parameter value candidates. choices must have one element at least.

Note

Not all types are guaranteed to be compatible with all storages. It is recommended to restrict the types of the choices to None, bool, int, float and str.

choices

Parameter value candidates.

Methods

single()

Test whether the range of this distribution contains just a single value.

to_external_repr(param_value_in_internal_repr)

Convert internal representation of a parameter value into external representation.

to_internal_repr(param_value_in_external_repr)

Convert external representation of a parameter value into internal representation.

single()[source]

Test whether the range of this distribution contains just a single value.

Returns

True if the range of this distribution contains just a single value, otherwise False.

Return type

bool

to_external_repr(param_value_in_internal_repr)[source]

Convert internal representation of a parameter value into external representation.

Parameters

param_value_in_internal_repr (float) – Optuna’s internal representation of a parameter value.

Returns

Optuna’s external representation of a parameter value.

Return type

Union[None, bool, int, float, str]

to_internal_repr(param_value_in_external_repr)[source]

Convert external representation of a parameter value into internal representation.

Parameters

param_value_in_external_repr (Union[None, bool, int, float, str]) – Optuna’s external representation of a parameter value.

Returns

Optuna’s internal representation of a parameter value.

Return type

float