Use the oml.index_apply
function to run a Python function multiple times in Python engines spawned by the database environment.
The syntax of the function is the following:
oml.index_apply(times, func, func_owner=None, parallel=None, graphics=False, **kwargs)
The times
argument is an int
that specifies the number of times to run the func
function.
The func
argument is the function to run. It may be one of the following:
-
A Python function
-
A string that is the name of a user-defined Python function in the OML4Py script repository
- A string that defines a Python function
-
An
oml.script.script.Callable
object returned by theoml.script.load
function
The optional func_owner
argument is a string or None
(the default) that specifies the owner of the registered user-defined Python function when argument func
is a registered user-defined Python function name.
The parallel
argument is a boolean, an int
, or None
(the default) that specifies the preferred degree of parallelism to use in the Embedded Python Execution job. The value may be one of the following:
-
A positive integer greater than or equal to 1 for a specific degree of parallelism
-
False
,None
, or0
for no parallelism -
True
for the default data parallelism
The graphics
argument is a boolean that specifies whether to look for images. The default value is True
.
With the **kwargs
parameter, you can pass additional arguments to the func
function. Special control arguments, which start with oml_
, are not passed to the function specified by func
, but instead control what happens before or after the running of the function.
See Also: About Special Control Arguments
The oml.index_apply
function returns a list of Python objects or a list of oml.embed.data_image._DataImage
objects. If no image is rendered in the user-defined Python function, oml.index_apply
returns a list of the Python objects returned by the user-defined Python function. Otherwise, it returns a list of oml.embed.data_image._DataImage
objects.
See Also: About Output
Example 10-10 Using the oml.index_apply Function
This example defines a function that returns the mean of a set of random numbers the specified number of times.
import omlimport pandas as pddef compute_random_mean(index): import numpy as np import scipy from statistics import mean np.random.seed(index) res = np.random.random((100,1))*10 return mean(res[1])res = oml.index_apply(times=10, func=compute_random_mean)type(res)res
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>>> import oml>>> import pandas as pd>>>>>> def compute_random_mean(index):... import numpy as np... import scipy... from statistics import mean ... np.random.seed(index)... res = np.random.random((100,1))*10... return mean(res[1])...>>> res = oml.index_apply(times=10, func=compute_random_mean)>>> type(res)<class 'list'>>>> res[7.203244934421581, 0.25926231827891333, 7.081478226181048,5.4723224917572235, 8.707323061773764, 3.3197980530117723,7.7991879224011464, 9.68540662820932, 5.018745921487388, 0.207519493594015]
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oml.index_apply
Function Overview:
The oml.index_apply
function is a powerful tool in Oracle Machine Learning for Python, allowing the execution of a Python function multiple times in Python engines spawned by the database environment. Here's a breakdown of its syntax and parameters:
-
Syntax:
oml.index_apply(times, func, func_owner=None, parallel=None, graphics=False, **kwargs)
-
Parameters:
times
(int): Specifies the number of times to run thefunc
function.func
(function, str, or oml.script.script.Callable): The function to run. It can be a Python function, the name of a user-defined Python function, a string defining a Python function, or anoml.script.script.Callable
object.func_owner
(str or None): Specifies the owner of the registered user-defined Python function whenfunc
is a registered user-defined Python function name.parallel
(bool, int, or None): Specifies the degree of parallelism. It can be a positive integer,False
,None
,0
for no parallelism, orTrue
for default data parallelism.graphics
(bool): Specifies whether to look for images. The default value isTrue
.- `kwargs
(variable keyword arguments):** Additional arguments to pass to the
funcfunction. Special control arguments, starting with
oml_`, control pre or post-execution actions.
-
Return:
- The function returns a list of Python objects or a list of
oml.embed.data_image._DataImage
objects.
- The function returns a list of Python objects or a list of
Example Usage:
In the provided example, a function named compute_random_mean
is defined, which returns the mean of a set of random numbers. The oml.index_apply
function is then used to execute this function 10 times.
import oml
import pandas as pd
def compute_random_mean(index):
import numpy as np
from statistics import mean
np.random.seed(index)
res = np.random.random((100, 1)) * 10
return mean(res[1])
res = oml.index_apply(times=10, func=compute_random_mean)
The result (res
) is a list of Python objects, each representing the mean of the generated random numbers in each iteration.
Additional Notes:
- Special control arguments prefixed with
oml_
are not passed to the function specified byfunc
but control pre or post-execution actions. - The return type depends on whether the user-defined Python function renders images. If no image is rendered, it returns a list of Python objects; otherwise, it returns a list of
oml.embed.data_image._DataImage
objects.
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