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# MLCScatterLayer

A layer that updates the output at an index you specify.

```
class MLCScatterLayer
```

## Topics

### Creating Scatter Layers

[`init(dimension:reductionType:)`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCScatterLayer/init(dimension:reductionType:))

Creates a scatter layer with the dimension and reduction type you specify.

### Inspecting Scatter Layers

[`dimension`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCScatterLayer/dimension)

The dimension to index.

[`reductionType`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCScatterLayer/reductionType)

The reduction type that applies to all values in the source tensor.


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