keras-team/keras · error · ValueError

Input should have rank >= 2. Received: input.shape = {x.shap

Error message

Input should have rank >= 2. Received: input.shape = {x.shape}

What it means

Error "Input should have rank >= 2. Received: input.shape = {x.shape}" thrown in keras-team/keras.

Source

Thrown at keras/src/ops/linalg.py:415

        return Norm(ord=ord, axis=axis, keepdims=keepdims).symbolic_call(x)
    x = backend.convert_to_tensor(x)
    return backend.linalg.norm(x, ord=ord, axis=axis, keepdims=keepdims)


class Qr(Operation):
    def __init__(self, mode="reduced", *, name=None):
        super().__init__(name=name)
        if mode not in {"reduced", "complete"}:
            raise ValueError(
                "`mode` argument value not supported. "
                "Expected one of {'reduced', 'complete'}. "
                f"Received: mode={mode}"
            )
        self.mode = mode

    def compute_output_spec(self, x):
        if len(x.shape) < 2:
            raise ValueError(
                "Input should have rank >= 2. Received: "
                f"input.shape = {x.shape}"
            )
        m = x.shape[-2]
        n = x.shape[-1]
        if m is None or n is None:
            raise ValueError(
                "Input should have its last 2 dimensions "
                "fully-defined. Received: "
                f"input.shape = {x.shape}"
            )
        k = min(m, n)
        base = tuple(x.shape[:-2])
        if self.mode == "reduced":
            return (
                KerasTensor(shape=base + (m, k), dtype=x.dtype),
                KerasTensor(shape=base + (k, n), dtype=x.dtype),
            )

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at keras/src/ops/linalg.py:415 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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