# What is the difference of .flatten() and .view(-1) in PyTorch?

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**Created:** [July 27, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/what-is-the-difference-of-flatten-and-view-1-in-pytorch/51790 "2019-07-27T16:43:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/what-is-the-difference-of-flatten-and-view-1-in-pytorch/51790/4 "2019-07-28T07:52:45Z")

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Well I read those descriptions on the docs but they didn’t answer my questions.

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