dimod.concatenate¶

concatenate(samplesets, defaults=None)[source]¶

Combine sample sets.

Parameters

samplesets (iterable[SampleSet) – Iterable of sample sets.
defaults (dict, optional) – Dictionary mapping data vector names to the corresponding default values.

Returns

A sample set with the same vartype and variable order as the first given in samplesets.

Return type

SampleSet

Examples

>>> a = dimod.SampleSet.from_samples(([-1, +1], 'ab'), dimod.SPIN, energy=-1)
>>> b = dimod.SampleSet.from_samples(([-1, +1], 'ba'), dimod.SPIN, energy=-1)
>>> ab = dimod.concatenate((a, b))
>>> ab.record.sample
array([[-1,  1],
       [ 1, -1]], dtype=int8)