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# BNNSTensor

A structure that describes the shape, stride, data type, and, optionally, the memory location of an n-dimensional array.

```
struct BNNSTensor
```

## Topics

### Initializers

[`init()`](/documentation/Accelerate/BNNSTensor/init())

Creates an empty tensor.

[`init(data_type:rank:shape:stride:data:data_size_in_bytes:name:)`](/documentation/Accelerate/BNNSTensor/init(data_type:rank:shape:stride:data:data_size_in_bytes:name:))

Creates a tensor with the specified properties.

### Specifying a tensor’s properties

[`data_type`](/documentation/Accelerate/BNNSTensor/data_type)

The data type of the tensor.

[`rank`](/documentation/Accelerate/BNNSTensor/rank)

The rank of the tensor.

[`shape`](/documentation/Accelerate/BNNSTensor/shape)

A tuple of unsigned-integer elements that specify the size of the tensor.

[`stride`](/documentation/Accelerate/BNNSTensor/stride)

A tuple of unsigned-integer elements that specify the stride of the tensor.

[`data`](/documentation/Accelerate/BNNSTensor/data)

A pointer to the memory that contains the tensor values.

[`data_size_in_bytes`](/documentation/Accelerate/BNNSTensor/data_size_in_bytes)

The size, in bytes, of the memory that contains the tensor values.

[`name`](/documentation/Accelerate/BNNSTensor/name)

An optional name for the tensor that you can use for debugging.


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