I'm confused about the relationship between tokens and characters in text processing. Specifically, I want to know if one token always corresponds to one character. Is that true?
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Martina
Tue Feb 18 2025
Understanding tokens in terms of length can be simplified with some helpful rules.
ChristopherWilson
Tue Feb 18 2025
For English language, it is estimated that one token is approximately equal to four characters.
Rosalia
Mon Feb 17 2025
This conversion is useful when assessing the amount of content represented by a specific number of tokens.
BusanBeauty
Mon Feb 17 2025
This rule of thumb provides a quick way to gauge the length of a token in relation to character count.
Eleonora
Mon Feb 17 2025
Additionally, one token is considered to be roughly three-quarters of a word.