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# init(_:)

Creates a shaped array type from a multiarray.

```
init(_ multiArray: MLMultiArray)
```

## Parameters

`multiArray`

An [`MLMultiArray`](/documentation/CoreML/MLMultiArray) with the same underlying type as the shaped array type.

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