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This example selector selects which examples to use based on length. This is useful when you are worried about constructing a prompt that will go over the length of the context window. For longer inputs, it will select fewer examples to include, while for shorter inputs it will select more.

    import { PromptTemplate, FewShotPromptTemplate } from "@langchain/core/prompts";import { LengthBasedExampleSelector } from "@langchain/core/example_selectors";export async function run() {  // Create a prompt template that will be used to format the examples.  const examplePrompt = new PromptTemplate({    inputVariables: ["input", "output"],    template: "Input: {input}\nOutput: {output}",  });  // Create a LengthBasedExampleSelector that will be used to select the examples.  const exampleSelector = await LengthBasedExampleSelector.fromExamples(    [      { input: "happy", output: "sad" },      { input: "tall", output: "short" },      { input: "energetic", output: "lethargic" },      { input: "sunny", output: "gloomy" },      { input: "windy", output: "calm" },    ],    {      examplePrompt,      maxLength: 25,    }  );  // Create a FewShotPromptTemplate that will use the example selector.  const dynamicPrompt = new FewShotPromptTemplate({    // We provide an ExampleSelector instead of examples.    exampleSelector,    examplePrompt,    prefix: "Give the antonym of every input",    suffix: "Input: {adjective}\nOutput:",    inputVariables: ["adjective"],  });  // An example with small input, so it selects all examples.  console.log(await dynamicPrompt.format({ adjective: "big" }));  /*   Give the antonym of every input   Input: happy   Output: sad   Input: tall   Output: short   Input: energetic   Output: lethargic   Input: sunny   Output: gloomy   Input: windy   Output: calm   Input: big   Output:   */  // An example with long input, so it selects only one example.  const longString =    "big and huge and massive and large and gigantic and tall and much much much much much bigger than everything else";  console.log(await dynamicPrompt.format({ adjective: longString }));  /*   Give the antonym of every input   Input: happy   Output: sad   Input: big and huge and massive and large and gigantic and tall and much much much much much bigger than everything else   Output:   */}

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*   [FewShotPromptTemplate](https://api.js.langchain.com/classes/langchain_core_prompts.FewShotPromptTemplate.html) from `@langchain/core/prompts`
*   [LengthBasedExampleSelector](https://api.js.langchain.com/classes/langchain_core_example_selectors.LengthBasedExampleSelector.html) from `@langchain/core/example_selectors`

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