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SequenceRestLayer[]

represents a net that takes a sequence of inputs and removes its first element.

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SequenceRestLayer

SequenceRestLayer[]

represents a net that takes a sequence of inputs and removes its first element.

Details and Options

  • SequenceRestLayer[] represents a net that takes a sequence of arrays and outputs a sequence of arrays of length one less than the input sequence length.
  • SequenceRestLayer[…][input] explicitly computes the output from applying the layer.
  • SequenceRestLayer[…][{input1,input2,…}] explicitly computes an output for each of the inputi.
  • When given a NumericArray as input, the output will be a NumericArray.
  • SequenceRestLayer is typically used inside NetChain, NetGraph, etc.
  • The input and output ports of the net represented by SequenceRestLayer[] are:
  • "Input"a sequence of n arrays
    "Output"a sequence of n-1 arrays
  • SequenceRestLayer["Input"shape] allows the shape of the input to be specified. Possible forms for shape are:
  • na sequence of n numbers
    "Varying"a sequence of numbers of varying length
    {len,d1,d2,…}sequence of len arrays of dimensions d1×d2×…
    {"Varying",d1,d2,…}varying number of arrays of dimensions d1×d2×…
  • Options[SequenceRestLayer] gives the list of default options to construct the layer. Options[SequenceRestLayer[…]] gives the list of default options to evaluate the layer on some data.
  • Information[SequenceRestLayer[…]] gives a report about the layer.
  • Information[SequenceRestLayer[…],prop] gives the value of the property prop of SequenceRestLayer[…]. Possible properties are the same as for NetGraph.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

Create a SequenceRestLayer:

Wolfram Language code: SequenceRestLayer[]

Create a SequenceRestLayer that expects a sequence of vectors of size 3:

Wolfram Language code: rest = SequenceRestLayer["Input" -> {"Varying", 3}]

Apply the layer to a sequence:

Wolfram Language code: rest[{{1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6}, {7, 8, 9}}]

Scope  (3)

Ports  (3)

Create a SequenceRestLayer that expects a length-3 sequence of 2x2 matrices:

Wolfram Language code: rest = SequenceRestLayer["Input" -> {3, 2, 2}]

Apply the layer to a sequence:

Wolfram Language code: rest[{{{1, 2}, {4, 5}}, {{7, 8}, {10, 11}}, {{12, 13}, {14, 15}}}]

Create a SequenceRestLayer that expects a sequence of real numbers:

Wolfram Language code: rest = SequenceRestLayer["Input" -> "Varying"]

Thread the layer across a batch of inputs:

Wolfram Language code: rest[{{1, 2}, {4, 5, 3}, {1, 5}, {6, 7, 8, 9}}]

Create a SequenceRestLayer that drops the first color channel from an RGB image, turning it into a two-channel image:

Wolfram Language code: rest = SequenceRestLayer["Input" -> NetEncoder["Image"], "Output" -> NetDecoder["Image"]]

Apply it to an image:

Wolfram Language code: rest[[image]]

Possible Issues  (2)

SequenceRestLayer cannot be applied to sequences of length less than 2:

Wolfram Language code: SequenceRestLayer[]@{2}

SequenceRestLayer cannot accept symbolic inputs:

Wolfram Language code: rest = SequenceRestLayer[]; rest[{1, 2}]
Wolfram Language code: rest[{1, z}]
Wolfram Research (2017), SequenceRestLayer, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SequenceRestLayer.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2017), SequenceRestLayer, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SequenceRestLayer.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2017. "SequenceRestLayer." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SequenceRestLayer.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2017). SequenceRestLayer. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SequenceRestLayer.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_sequencerestlayer, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SequenceRestLayer}", year="2017", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SequenceRestLayer.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_sequencerestlayer, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SequenceRestLayer}, year={2017}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SequenceRestLayer.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}