# load_dataset

> **Function** in `langchain_classic`

📖 [View in docs](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-classic/evaluation/loading/load_dataset)

Load a dataset from the [LangChainDatasets on HuggingFace](https://huggingface.co/LangChainDatasets).

## Signature

```python
load_dataset(
    uri: str,
) -> list[dict]
```

## Description

**Prerequisites**

```bash
pip install datasets
```

Examples:
--------
```python
from langchain_classic.evaluation import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("llm-math")
```

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `uri` | `str` | Yes | The uri of the dataset to load. |

## Returns

`list[dict]`

A list of dictionaries, each representing a row in the dataset.

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[View source on GitHub](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/blob/fb6ab993a73180538f6cca876b3c85d46c08845f/libs/langchain/langchain_classic/evaluation/loading.py#L52)