# Could someone explain batch\_first=True in LSTM

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**Created:** [March 24, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/could-someone-explain-batch-first-true-in-lstm/15402 "2018-03-24T15:55:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![vdw](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/vdw/32/10074_2.png) [@vdw](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/vdw)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/could-someone-explain-batch-first-true-in-lstm/15402/9 "2020-08-12T09:29:50Z")

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Note that both version are only meaningful when `bidirectional=False`.

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