Exploring the newsgroups data
After we download the 20 newsgroups dataset by whatever means we prefer, the data
object of groups
is now cached in memory. The data
object is in the form of a key-value dictionary. Its keys are as follows:
>>> groups.keys()
dict_keys(['data', 'filenames', 'target_names', 'target', 'DESCR'])
The target_names
key gives the newsgroups names:
>>> groups['target_names']
['alt.atheism', 'comp.graphics', 'comp.os.ms-windows.misc', 'comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware', 'comp.sys.mac.hardware', 'comp.windows.x', 'misc.forsale', 'rec.autos', 'rec.motorcycles', 'rec.sport.baseball', 'rec.sport.hockey', 'sci.crypt', 'sci.electronics', 'sci.med', 'sci.space', 'soc.religion.christian'...