import numpy as np # Encode to one_hot format def encode(class_name, classes): one_hot = np.zeros(shape=(len(classes)), dtype=np.int8) class_index = classes.index(class_name) one_hot[class_index] = 1 return one_hot # Decode from one_hot format to string def decode(one_hot, classes): index = one_hot.argmax() return classes[index]