.. _method-dace-symbols:

"""""""
symbols
"""""""


Number of replications in the sample set


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**Specification**

- *Alias:* None

- *Arguments:* INTEGER

- *Default:* default for sampling algorithm


**Description**


``symbols`` is related to the number of levels per variable in the sample
set (a larger number of symbols equates to more stratification and
fewer replications).  For example, if symbols = 7, each variable would be
divided into seven levels.


