sklearn.preprocessing.normalize

sklearn.preprocessing.normalize(X, norm='l2', *, axis=1, copy=True, return_norm=False)[source]

Scale input vectors individually to unit norm (vector length).

Read more in the User Guide.

Parameters:
X{array-like, sparse matrix} of shape (n_samples, n_features)

The data to normalize, element by element. scipy.sparse matrices should be in CSR format to avoid an un-necessary copy.

norm{‘l1’, ‘l2’, ‘max’}, default=’l2’

The norm to use to normalize each non zero sample (or each non-zero feature if axis is 0).

axis{0, 1}, default=1

Define axis used to normalize the data along. If 1, independently normalize each sample, otherwise (if 0) normalize each feature.

copybool, default=True

If False, try to avoid a copy and normalize in place. This is not guaranteed to always work in place; e.g. if the data is a numpy array with an int dtype, a copy will be returned even with copy=False.

return_normbool, default=False

Whether to return the computed norms.

Returns:
X{ndarray, sparse matrix} of shape (n_samples, n_features)

Normalized input X.

normsndarray of shape (n_samples, ) if axis=1 else (n_features, )

An array of norms along given axis for X. When X is sparse, a NotImplementedError will be raised for norm ‘l1’ or ‘l2’.

See also

Normalizer

Performs normalization using the Transformer API (e.g. as part of a preprocessing Pipeline).

Notes

For a comparison of the different scalers, transformers, and normalizers, see: Compare the effect of different scalers on data with outliers.