def type_of_target(y):
    """Determine the type of data indicated by the target.

    Note that this type is the most specific type that can be inferred.
    For example:

        * ``binary`` is more specific but compatible with ``multiclass``.
        * ``multiclass`` of integers is more specific but compatible with
          ``continuous``.
        * ``multilabel-indicator`` is more specific but compatible with
          ``multiclass-multioutput``.

    Parameters
    ----------
    y : array-like

    Returns
    -------
    target_type : string
        One of:

        * 'continuous': `y` is an array-like of floats that are not all
          integers, and is 1d or a column vector.
        * 'continuous-multioutput': `y` is a 2d array of floats that are
          not all integers, and both dimensions are of size > 1.
        * 'binary': `y` contains <= 2 discrete values and is 1d or a column
          vector.
        * 'multiclass': `y` contains more than two discrete values, is not a
          sequence of sequences, and is 1d or a column vector.
        * 'multiclass-multioutput': `y` is a 2d array that contains more
          than two discrete values, is not a sequence of sequences, and both
          dimensions are of size > 1.
        * 'multilabel-indicator': `y` is a label indicator matrix, an array
          of two dimensions with at least two columns, and at most 2 unique
          values.
        * 'unknown': `y` is array-like but none of the above, such as a 3d
          array, sequence of sequences, or an array of non-sequence objects.

    Examples
    --------
    >>> import numpy as np
    >>> type_of_target([0.1, 0.6])
    'continuous'
    >>> type_of_target([1, -1, -1, 1])
    'binary'
    >>> type_of_target(['a', 'b', 'a'])
    'binary'
    >>> type_of_target([1.0, 2.0])
    'binary'
    >>> type_of_target([1, 0, 2])
    'multiclass'
    >>> type_of_target([1.0, 0.0, 3.0])
    'multiclass'
    >>> type_of_target(['a', 'b', 'c'])
    'multiclass'
    >>> type_of_target(np.array([[1, 2], [3, 1]]))
    'multiclass-multioutput'
    >>> type_of_target([[1, 2]])
    'multiclass-multioutput'
    >>> type_of_target(np.array([[1.5, 2.0], [3.0, 1.6]]))
    'continuous-multioutput'
    >>> type_of_target(np.array([[0, 1], [1, 1]]))
    'multilabel-indicator'
    """
    valid = (
        isinstance(y, (Sequence, spmatrix)) or hasattr(y, "__array__")
    ) and not isinstance(y, str)

    if not valid:
        raise ValueError(
            "Expected array-like (array or non-string sequence), " "got %r" % y
        )

    sparseseries = y.__class__.__name__ == "SparseSeries"
    if sparseseries:
        raise ValueError("y cannot be class 'SparseSeries'.")

    if is_multilabel(y):
        return "multilabel-indicator"

    try:
        y = np.asarray(y)
    except ValueError:
        # Known to fail in numpy 1.3 for array of arrays
        return "unknown"

    # The old sequence of sequences format
    try:
        if (
            not hasattr(y[0], "__array__")
            and isinstance(y[0], Sequence)
            and not isinstance(y[0], str)
        ):
            raise ValueError(
                "You appear to be using a legacy multi-label data"
                " representation. Sequence of sequences are no"
                " longer supported; use a binary array or sparse"
                " matrix instead - the MultiLabelBinarizer"
                " transformer can convert to this format."
            )
    except IndexError:
        pass

    # Invalid inputs
    if y.ndim > 2 or (y.dtype == object and len(y) and not isinstance(y.flat[0], str)):
        return "unknown"  # [[[1, 2]]] or [obj_1] and not ["label_1"]

    if y.ndim == 2 and y.shape[1] == 0:
        return "unknown"  # [[]]

    if y.ndim == 2 and y.shape[1] > 1:
        suffix = "-multioutput"  # [[1, 2], [1, 2]]
    else:
        suffix = ""  # [1, 2, 3] or [[1], [2], [3]]

    # check float and contains non-integer float values
    if y.dtype.kind == "f" and np.any(y != y.astype(int)):
        # [.1, .2, 3] or [[.1, .2, 3]] or [[1., .2]] and not [1., 2., 3.]
        _assert_all_finite(y)
        return "continuous" + suffix

    if (len(np.unique(y)) > 2) or (y.ndim >= 2 and len(y[0]) > 1):
        return "multiclass" + suffix  # [1, 2, 3] or [[1., 2., 3]] or [[1, 2]]
    else:
        return "binary"  # [1, 2] or [["a"], ["b"]]
Determine the type of data indicated by the target.

    Note that this type is the most specific type that can be inferred.
    For example:

        * ``binary`` is more specific but compatible with ``multiclass``.
        * ``multiclass`` of integers is more specific but compatible with
          ``continuous``.
        * ``multilabel-indicator`` is more specific but compatible with
          ``multiclass-multioutput``.

    Parameters
    ----------
    y : array-like

    Returns
    -------
    target_type : string
        One of:

        * 'continuous': `y` is an array-like of floats that are not all
          integers, and is 1d or a column vector.
        * 'continuous-multioutput': `y` is a 2d array of floats that are
          not all integers, and both dimensions are of size > 1.
        * 'binary': `y` contains <= 2 discrete values and is 1d or a column
          vector.
        * 'multiclass': `y` contains more than two discrete values, is not a
          sequence of sequences, and is 1d or a column vector.
        * 'multiclass-multioutput': `y` is a 2d array that contains more
          than two discrete values, is not a sequence of sequences, and both
          dimensions are of size > 1.
        * 'multilabel-indicator': `y` is a label indicator matrix, an array
          of two dimensions with at least two columns, and at most 2 unique
          values.
        * 'unknown': `y` is array-like but none of the above, such as a 3d
          array, sequence of sequences, or an array of non-sequence objects.

    Examples
    --------
    >>> import numpy as np
    >>> type_of_target([0.1, 0.6])
    'continuous'
    >>> type_of_target([1, -1, -1, 1])
    'binary'
    >>> type_of_target(['a', 'b', 'a'])
    'binary'
    >>> type_of_target([1.0, 2.0])
    'binary'
    >>> type_of_target([1, 0, 2])
    'multiclass'
    >>> type_of_target([1.0, 0.0, 3.0])
    'multiclass'
    >>> type_of_target(['a', 'b', 'c'])
    'multiclass'
    >>> type_of_target(np.array([[1, 2], [3, 1]]))
    'multiclass-multioutput'
    >>> type_of_target([[1, 2]])
    'multiclass-multioutput'
    >>> type_of_target(np.array([[1.5, 2.0], [3.0, 1.6]]))
    'continuous-multioutput'
    >>> type_of_target(np.array([[0, 1], [1, 1]]))
    'multilabel-indicator'
    
pytorch_tabnet/multiclass_utils.py