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# MLCSoftmaxLayer

A layer that outputs a probability distribution as attention weights.

```
class MLCSoftmaxLayer
```

## Topics

### Creating Softmax Layers

[`init(operation:)`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCSoftmaxLayer/init(operation:))

Creates a softmax layer with the operation you specify.

[`init(operation:dimension:)`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCSoftmaxLayer/init(operation:dimension:))

Creates a softmax layer with the operation and dimension you specify.

[`MLCSoftmaxOperation`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCSoftmaxOperation)

A softmax operation.

### Inspecting Softmax Layers

[`operation`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCSoftmaxLayer/operation)

The softmax operation.

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

The dimension over which you want to perform the softmax operation.


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