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# celu(a:)

Creates an instance of a CELU activation layer using the alpha value you specify for the CELU formation.

```
class func celu(a: Float) -> Self
```

## Parameters

`a`

The alpha value for the CELU formation.

## Return Value

A new `MLCActivationLayer` instance.

## Discussion

The [`celu(a:)`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCActivationLayer/celu(a:)) factory type method creates an activation descriptor using [`init(type:a:)`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCActivationDescriptor/init(type:a:)), where `type =` [`MLCActivationType.celu`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCActivationType/celu) and `a = alpha`, and passes that descriptor to [`init(descriptor:)`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCActivationLayer/init(descriptor:)).

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