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Defining a function for chunking

To be able to batch upserts in a reproducible way, you'll need to define a function to split your list of vectors into chunks.

The built-in itertools module has already been imported for you.

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Vector Databases for Embeddings with Pinecone

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Instructions

  • Convert the iterable input into an iterator.
  • Slice it into chunks of size batch_size using the itertools module.
  • Yield the current chunk.

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def chunks(iterable, batch_size=100):
    """A helper function to break an iterable into chunks of size batch_size."""
    # Convert the iterable into an iterator
    it = ____
    # Slice the iterator into chunks of size batch_size
    chunk = tuple(itertools.____(it, ____))
    while chunk:
        # Yield the chunk
        ____
        chunk = tuple(itertools.islice(it, batch_size))
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